Quotes & Sayings About Happiness Confucius

The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived. — Confucius

If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like? — Confucius

I think the Ambitious Lovers never got their due- we had terrible management and at that point, we were on major labels and we didn't have any music business savvy which we could have used. We made a series of hilarious mistakes not in terms of music but in terms of making it happen. — Arto Lindsay

There is a certain proper and luxurious way of lying in bed. Confucius, that great artist of life, "never lay straight" in bed, "like a corpse", but always curled up on one side. I believe one of the greatest pleasures of life is to curl up one's legs in bed. The posture of the arms is also very important, in order to reach the greatest degree of aesthetic pleasure and mental power. I believe the best posture is not lying flat on the bed, but being upholstered with big soft pillows at an angle of thirty degrees with either one arm or both arms placed behind the back of one's head. — Lin Yutang

Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness — Confucius

Alls - how it's possible even the worst things that can happen to you can end up being positive factors in who you are. — David Foster Wallace

He who is really kind, can never be unhappy — Confucius

He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search. — Confucius

Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb. — Confucius

If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. — Confucius

Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings. — Confucius

I live quietly at home among my family and friends. — Antonio Tabucchi

What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby. — Confucius

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity — Confucius

Confucius says: 'Many seek happiness higher than man; others beneath him. But happiness is the
same height as man.' That is true. So there must be a happiness to suit every man's stature. — Nikos Kazantzakis

I want to be a pretty corpse. — Eva Braun

Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have — Confucius

They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom. — Confucius

Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving — Confucius

The Master said, "What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water - other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui's joy. What a worthy man was Hui!"
(Analects 6.11) — Confucius

Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it. — Confucius

Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man. — Confucius

I think that being vulnerable is about feeling helpless, or powerless ... it's about allowing myself to be in a place where I could be hurt. — Sadie Calvano

It is almost as easy to be enervated by triumph as by defeat. — Max Lerner

As the great Confucius said, "The one who would be in constant happiness must frequently change." Flow. But we keep looking back, don't we? We cling to things in the past and cling to things in the present ... Do you want to enjoy a symphony? Don't hold on to a few bars of the music. Don't hold on to a couple of notes. Let them pass, let them flow. The whole enjoyment of a symphony lies in your readiness to allow the notes to pass ... — Anthony De Mello

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds. — Confucius

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. — Confucius

One side of service is serving, but the other side is creating the space in oneself where the possibilities of giving one's best become feasible. If you let go of your own compulsion and greed the things you are conditioned into by your culture then the more archetypal, more universally valid, more human, more compassionate, wiser activities and thoughts can come to your mind and you can dedicate yourself to them more fully. — Rafe Martin