H. P. Lovecraft Quotes

Being happy, being healthy, is the most important thing.

There is no shortage of good days. It is good lives that are hard to come by.

There's often a discussion about, 'Well, how do we know what happiness is? Is it real?' I've always argued that all of us know that there's a huge difference between how we feel when we feel happy and when we don't feel happy.

I never could be good when I was not happy.

Am I melancholy? I certainly have moments. I like to think there's a capacity for joy as well.

Happiness lies first of all in health.

I don't have many sad days.

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

Happiness has a bad rap. People say it shouldn't be your goal in life. Oh, yes it should.

The scalpel won't make you happy.

I think life is really good.

Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others.

Mental health really is a search to be happy, I think that's what people want in life - and if you're happy you're winning.

A light heart lives long.

I'm concerned about people being happy.

A merry heart doeth good like medicine.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

The ideal life is in our blood and never will be still.

Some people think happiness is a luxury, but it's a necessity. You need to make space for it in your life.

Whereas I used to get depressed or neurotic or dwell on things, I see my son's bright eyes and smile in the morning, and suddenly, I don't feel like I'm depressed anymore. There's nothing to be depressed about when you've got that.

Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.

Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness.

My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'

It's obvious, but perhaps worth saying, that happiness has virtually nothing to do with the state of your intellect.

I have always said that human beings are multidimensional beings. Their happiness comes from many sources, not, as our current economic framework assumes, just from making money.