Ira Levin Quotes

I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.

I feel like I'm at a really happy, good space.

I am, more than anything else, happy.

Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.

All I ever wanted to be was happy.

Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.

I think I'm as content as one can be.

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

We cannot be contented because we are happy, and we cannot be happy because we are contented.

I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I don't look for bliss, just contentment.

I am happier now than I have ever been.

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

I'm quite happy with the way my life is.

Happiness is state of mind.

I've discovered the joys of happiness.

Happiness cannot have boundaries.

Honestly, all I want is happiness.

Happiness is not merely a word. It is a state of mind.

Happiness is the maximum agreement of reality and desire.

Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.

When am I happy and when am I sad and what is the difference? What do I need to know to stay alive? What is true in the world?

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.