George Saunders Quotes

To marvel at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicius, that can make a man happy and keep him that way.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse.

I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy.

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

I know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.

Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.

Joy is not the result of getting what you want; it is the way to get what you want. In the deepest sense, joy is what you want.

I feel there's a constant sense of happiness and gratefulness in me.

Supreme happiness consists in self-content.

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

Happy people have no history.

Contentment, as it is a short road and pleasant, has great delight and little trouble.

Man's happiness really lies in contentment.

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.

Happiness is the moment when you cease to make an inventory of joys; it is a glow, a brightness - never a list.

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

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

The best way to explain it is that I'm not yearning anymore, on or off the course. I appreciate what I have. I feel like I'm blessed.

I'm fine with the life I have.

I think being sublimely happy is the only thing I could ever hope for in life.

I'm just enjoying my life at the moment.

Every moment of your life that is not a complete nightmare is happiness.

Happiness does not consist in self-love.