What is happiness? Quotes about happiness

Even if we have not been able to provide a concrete answer to the question of happiness, it may be more appropriate to turn our attention to the definitions given to the happiness of the world's greatest philosophers and authors:

"Happiness has five parts. One side is making good decisions; The second is to have good senses and bodily health; The third is the success in what you do; The fourth is the good reputation among the people and the fifth good for life. "(Plato)

" Happiness lies in her search. "(Jules Renard)

"There is no happiness or misfortune in the world; There is just a comparison of one state with the other and so much. Only the one who has felt the most terrible unhappiness is able to feel the greatest happiness. "(Alexandre Dumas)

" Happiness is the greatest victory, that we acquire against the destiny that is imposed on us. "(Albert Camus)

"A happy life can not exist without a certain amount of darkness. "(Jung)

" Not only a pain can disturb you, but also happiness. "(Lucian Blaga)

" Happiness is not to be loved. Every human being has love for herself, yet there are thousands who live a damned existence. No, being loved does not bring you happiness. But love, this is happiness. "(Hermann Hesse)

" Happiness, happiness is apparently something absolute, and that's why there are so many nonsense to ask, "What is happiness?" (Balzac)

"We believe that happiness comes from a place where I was once happy. The truth is that happiness derives from ourselves. "(Franz Schubert)

" But it is so painful and hard not to believe in happiness. For many, happiness even gets a sense of existence. The worse for them. Happiness can not be known, capitalized and mastered until you have doubted it. "(Mircea Eliade)