Yoko Ono Quotes

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.

Happiness came in moments of unpredictable loveliness.

I have drunken deep of joy.

The end of pain we take as happiness.

twice I have lived forever in a smile

Assuredly, meeting after absence, is one of - ah, no! - it is life's most delicious feeling.

And that third dimension brings bliss. Bliss is without any opposite to it. It is serene, tranquil, cool. It is ecstasy without any excitement.

As we sometimes find one thing while we are looking for another, so, if truth escaped me, happiness and contentment fell in my way.

The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.

I've been shucked and gone to heaven.

One cannot divine nor forecast the conditions that will make happiness; one only stumbles upon them by chance, in a lucky hour, at the world's end somewhere, and hold fast to the days.

It was all completely serious, all completely hallucinated, all completely happy.

Lovers alone wear sunlight.

Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.

Happy! That is indefinable as far as states of being go.

Joy is the highest expression of love.

Look up here, I'm in heaven.

Do anything, but let it produce joy. Do anything, but let it yield ecstasy.

Love is joy. Don't convince yourself that suffering is a part of it.

We could not be happier.

This was what happiness felt like - this wondrous, miraculous alternative to dread.

From tiny, tiny waves of joy, one gets to the ocean of happiness, which is called bliss.

Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all.