Happiness Psychology Quotes

#1. You know that saying 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing'? That's so true of positive psychology. Our latest research tells us that the pursuit of happiness is a delicate art. Certain approaches to seeking happiness are now known to backfire, whereas others are effective.

Barbara Fredrickson

#2. Suffering is just about the easiest of all human activities; being happy is just about the hardest. And happiness requires, not surrender to guilt, but emancipation from guilt.

Nathaniel Branden

#3. Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects.

Michael J. Cohen

#4. Social scientists and psychologists are conducting research studies that clearly show that when we behave and act as if we are happy, confident, healthy or in love, we become happy, confident, healthy and in love.

Cynthia Sue Larson

#5. I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.

Martin Seligman

#6. Real happiness provides you the confidence that you never thought was obtainable.

Asa Don Brown

#7. The good life is best construed as a matrix that includes happiness, occasional sadness, a sense of purpose, playfulness, and psychological flexibility, as well autonomy, mastery, and belonging.

Robert Biswas-Diener

#8. Happiness is a choice and a state of mind.

Asa Don Brown

#9. Praise & esteem can feel good, which is fine, but don't look to them for inner peace & lasting happiness.

Allan Lokos

#10. The happiness of the superficial: when a man who has lost his donkey finds it again.

Idries Shah

#11. A vibrant body, a radiant mind, a loving heart, and an honorable life.

Stefan Emunds

#12. All psychological suffering (or happiness, taken in its usual sense) is a matter of comparison.

Robert A. Johnson

#13. No discovery of modern psychology is, in my opinion, so important as its scientific proof of the necessity of self-sacrifice (or discipline) to self-realization and happiness.

Henry C. Link

#14. Happiness is a state of mind, not a set of circumstances.

Richard Carlson

#15. Pure happiness and peace are at their peak when your body is in harmony with itself.

Asa Don Brown

#16. Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.

Viktor E. Frankl

#17. It's Unfair to be fair,
For Life is unfair

Farley Maglaya

#18. Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.

Margaret Atwood

#19. Emotions are the road signs to your happiness.

Sam Owen

#20. I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be, and feel alone.

Daniel Keyes

#21. We must judge the tree by its fruit. The best fruits of the religious experience are the best things history has to offer. The highest flights of charity, devotion, trust, patience, and bravery to which the wings of human nature have spread themselves, have all been flown for religious ideals.

William James

#22. We are all in this together. Our happiness inextricably is tied to that of all beings.

Allan Lokos

#23. If you cannot change the reality of other people, their reality will become yours.

Sean Azimov

#24. As the philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote, It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are a different opinion, it is because they know only their own side of the question.

Daniel M. Gilbert

#25. The expression of preferences is the essence of love.

Stefan Molyneux

#26. Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself.

Bertrand Russell

#27. One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.

Allan Lokos

#28. Social media allows us to subjugate feelings and problems we don't want to confront, like emotional eating or substance abuse, thus perpetuating our problems and delaying our happiness.

Sam Owen

#29. There is no key to open the heart of another - except curiosity.

Stefan Molyneux

#30. At last, psychology gets serious about glee, fun, and happiness. Martin Seligman has given us a gift-a practical map for the perennial quest for a flourishing life.

Daniel Goleman

#31. We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity.

Allan Lokos

#32. Have faith, let go, and gravitate towards.

Stefan Emunds

#33. Beyond the satiation level of income, you can buy more pleasurable experiences, but you will lose some of your ability to enjoy the less expensive ones.

Daniel M. Gilbert