Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which, if you sit down quietly, may alight upon you

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Topics: Happiness Quotes

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may...

We sometimes congratulate ourselves at the moment of waking from a troubled dream; it may...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some...

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some...

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it...

Let men tremble to win the hand of woman, unless they win along with it...

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

Eager souls, mystics and revolutionaries, may propose to refashion the world in accordance with their...

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer...

In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvelous and merciful, that the sufferer...

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to...

But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose

But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go...

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats.

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how...

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.