Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made,...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well...

I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well...

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?