Joseph Ledoux, Ph.D., a well-known researcher
and author on the physiology of emotions, expressed the scientist’s
frustrations with the "elusive concept of happiness" when he wrote:
Quotes on happiness
“There
are many answers for what happiness is.
Many of them are
surprisingly unclear and ill-defined.”
He is right. See it for yourself.
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Mahatma Ghandi
"Happiness
is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."
This
may seem right, but it depends
entirely on what you think, say and
do. If I think to hate my neighbor,
say it and act accordingly I doubt
I'll feel very happy. See:
Emotion determines behavior
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Ben Franklin
"Happiness
consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in
great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of
his life."
He seems to imply happiness is
something that occurs to us by some
external stimuli. We now know
happiness is an energetic emotional
frequency level. See:
happiness
and
How to crease my emotional frequency
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on happiness
Lionel Ketchian
"Happiness is an inner state of well being which enables you to
profit from your highest: thoughts, wisdom, intelligence, common sense,
emotions, health, and spiritual values in your life."
"Happiness
is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human
existence."
I'm sorry Aristotle but you got this
one wrong. Happiness is
not the purpose of life!
Although, I agree we all must
achieve happiness to be able to
fulfill our goals in life.
"Authentic
happiness involves living a life full of appreciation - being mindful of each
and every moment - and passionately pursuing knowledge, friendships, health and
career goals."
Too many conditions for happiness
Dr. Seligman. Soon we'll need to go
to college to be able experience
happiness! I agree on knowledge. But
,about what? Knowledge of the true
nature of
happiness
as an emotional frequency level over
which we do have total control.
(See:
The Failure of Psychology)
HH The Dalai Lama
"The basic thing is that everyone wants
happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own
attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is
correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy."
The correct mental attitude to
sustain the right emotional
frequency level within the
domain of happiness. And he is
right, we are all able to maintain
the emotional level we choose no
matter what our life's circumstances
are at any given moment in time. We
are not at the seeming mercy of our
emotions. (See:
What is Emotion?)
quotes on happiness
Hellen Keller
"Happiness
cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and
touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we
think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves."
What an extraordinary woman. Being
deafblind she was able to see and
understand beyond most of us! She is
right:
Happiness
is an
emotional
energy
within all of us and depends
entirely on how we decide to feel in
order to think clearly and act
correctly for us and others.
See
Emotion determines behavior
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quotes on happiness
Buddha
"Happiness comes when your work and words are of
benefit to yourself and others."
It's true, a shared sorrow becomes
half sorrow, shared happiness
becomes happiness to the power of 2.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"To fill the hour - that is happiness."
Yeah, right... Since when being very
busy brings happiness? You really
had no idea, did you? Please Ralph,
go to:
Finding
Happiness Road Map
quotes on happiness
Kin Hubbard
"It's
pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both
failed."
You're looking at the wrong places
my friend.
Happinessis a
conscious subjective experience of an
emotion, or more
precisely, a particular type of emotion or emotions.
See:
Exact definition of happiness
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quotes on happiness
Your
happiness should be the most important thing to considering in examining your
own life.
