“Happiness for any reason is just another form of misery.” – Marci Shimoff, Happy For No Reason

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” – Aristotle

“A life is not measured by the games that are won, but that you lived in the moment and learned how to have fun.” – Mike Dooley, Choose Them Wisely

“As long as you’re greatly influenced by the opinions of others, you’ll never be free.” – J.R. Parrish, You Don’t Have To Learn The Hard Way

“He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another’s keeping.” – Oliver Goldsmith

“Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.” – Simone Weil

“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” – May Sarton

“Learn to let go. That is the only key to happiness.” – Buddha

“An effort made for the happiness of others lifts us above ourselves.” – Lydia Marie

“Forgiveness breaks the chain. It cuts the cord between you and a past hurtful event.”