Edith Wharton Quotes

There is no external means, whether it's my career, or money or house or a wife or anything, that is going to set me right.

Make ones center of life inside ones self, not selfishly or excludingly, but with a kind of unassailable serenity.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

I really always expected to somebody to make me happy and I don't think you can really enter into a relationship until you are happy.

I don't need a person to make me happy.

When we find comfort in knowing that all the love and support we need is housed inside us, we can honestly share that joy with others without needing anything in return.

What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person.

Sadhana is towards creating a sense of inner fulfillment, where there is no need to lean on anyone anymore.

First meditate, be blissful, then much love will happen of its own accord. Then being with others is beautiful and being alone is also beautiful. Then it is simple, too. You dont depend on others and you dont make others dependent on you.

You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake so many women make. Find your happiness in yourself.

To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.

You are without needs. There is nothing that you need in order to be perfectly happy. You only think that there is. Your deepest, most perfect happiness will be found within, and once you find it, nothing exterior to your Self can match it, nor can anything destroy it.

To me 'they lived happily ever after' means to be happy with yourself! My parents always taught me that being happy has to work without Prince Charming. My life is completed without a prince but it's nice of course to have someone who loves you and fights for you.

Being enough was going to have to be an inside job.

I lay in bed at night by myself and I’m totally okay, and that’s so much stronger than the person three years ago, who would have thought they would have died if they didn’t have a boyfriend.

I never going to satisfy everybody, so I decided to satisfy myself.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

If we are happy within ourselves, we don't accept or demand that our partner should fulfill every need. We need to be comfortable with our own company.

While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be.

I've lost many of my best friends... I'm going to satisfy myself now, not the critics, not even my friends.

Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others.

The affirmation of one's essential being in spite of desires and anxieties creates joy.

Spare yourself from seeking love, approval, or appreciation-from anyone. And watch what happens in reality, just for fun.

As you recognize that you already own the wholeness you seek, and no one outside you can give you more than you already are, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun.

It may be called the Master Passion, the hunger for self-approval.