#happiness

What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told. ↗

Our ancestors derived less from life than we do, but they also expected much less and were less intent on controlling the future. We are of the arrogant generations who believe a lasting happiness was promised to us at birth. Promised? By whom? ↗

— Amin Maalouf

#family #happiness #life #family

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind. ↗

— William Godwin

#general #good #happiness #humanity #justice

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it with our feet when it stops. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#ball #feet #happiness #our #push

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#finds #great #great talent #happiness #really

Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss! ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

#bliss #charming #colors #consummate #deceptive

We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does. ↗

— Mary Gordon

#does #happiness #none #us

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is. ↗

— Maxim Gorky

#big #go #hands #happiness #hold

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#always #leave #miserable #otherwise #something

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there. ↗