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Happiness Quotes

Long before positive psychology gave happiness its own research field, philosophers were already arguing about whether it could be pursued directly at all, or whether it only arrived as a side effect of living well. This collection includes both camps: quotes that treat contentment as something built through habit and perspective, and quotes that simply celebrate an ordinary good day for what it is. If you're looking for something to design and keep visible, this category pairs especially well with the calm and joyful moods.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

Seneca

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Marcus Aurelius

For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

Leonardo da Vinci

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Victor Hugo

Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you.

Walt Whitman