When I was five years old, my mom always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down “happy.” They told me I didn't understand the assignment and I told them they didn't understand life.
Happiness is like a butterfly – the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention towards other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
Henry David ThoreauDer Spruch darf mit Autorenangabe frei verwendet werden, da die urheberrechtliche Schutzfrist abgelaufen ist († -06.05.1862) Zur Autorenbiographie
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves.
Victor HugoDer Spruch darf mit Autorenangabe frei verwendet werden, da die urheberrechtliche Schutzfrist abgelaufen ist († 22. Mai 1885) Zur Autorenbiographie
Because she learned about happiness, she feels lonely for the first time. And because she knows unhappiness, she understands happiness for the first time.
It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking: How did he know to put the "pursuit" part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue. And maybe we can actually never have it, no matter what. How did he know that?