John Gay Quotes

Happiness is the maximum agreement of reality and desire.

She's awfully fond of Wendy,' he said to himself. He was angry with her now for not seeing why she could not have Wendy. The reason was so simple: 'I'm fond of her too. We can't both have her, lady.

I don’t stand a chance if he doesn't get better. You’ll never be able to let him go. You’ll always feel wrong about being with me.” “The way I always felt wrong kissing him because of you,” I say. Gale holds my gaze. “If I thought that was true, I could almost live with the rest of it.

When we are not rich enough to be able to purchase happiness, we must not approach to near and gaze on it in shop windows.

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

I want you more than I should," she heard herself say. "I have you less than I want.

Happy man, happy dole.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

Are you happy?" she [Clarisse] said. "Am I what?" he [Montag] cried. But she was gone- running in the moonlight. Her front door shut gently.

I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they say it's the ultimate, but I can't even wish for that. I don't even want the desire to be content. I can only hope for silence.

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

Cause when I'm with him I am thinking of you.

We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for.

It's so much better to desire than to have.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

I never liked the men I loved and never loved the men I liked.

Only he who desires is amiable and not he who is satiated.

I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

Behavioral psychologists have observed that wanting something has a much stronger emotional impact than the pleasure that comes once you have it, or the memory of having had it.

Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.

Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.