Katie Kitamura Quotes

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.

I have to be happy in the here and now because every time you start focusing on your legacy you're really setting yourself up for disappointment.

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it's right here.

The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now.

It's so easy to get caught up in the future and in the past.

Happiness is a present attitude and not a future condition.

Are you always trying to get somewhere other than where you are so that you can finally be happy? The truth is that all unhappiness is caused by denial of the present.

The truth is that nothing has to happen in order for you to feel good.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

We always project into the future or reflect in the past, but we are so little in the present.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to make the choice to be happy in a particular situation, just as it is, and at a given moment.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.

Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away.

Living in the past or living in the future - those aren't real. The moment is now, and that's where safety and comfort and all that good stuff is.

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.

I'm learning how to live in the present and be grateful for what's working rather than look for the 'what's not working' piece.

Joy is a subtle elf; I think one's happiest when he forgets himself.

I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.

When you stop comparing what is right here and now with what you wish were, you can begin to enjoy what is.

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.