Robert Burton Quotes

A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.

Of mortals there is no one who is happy. If wealth flows in upon one, one may be perhaps luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.

A person can make himself happy, or miserable, regardless of what is actually happening 'outside,' just by changing the contents of consciousness.

Happiness is largely an attitude of mind, of viewing life from the right angle.

It is not events and the things one sees and enjoys that produce happiness, but a state of mind which can endow events with its own quality, and we must hope for the duration of this state rather than the recurrence of pleasurable events.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.

I’d rather be poor and happy than rich and alone.

Being rich and miserable has got to be better than poor and unhappy.

Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things.

The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.

Happiness is not so much a feeling as it is an attitude

Happiness is a state of mind. You can be happy or you can be unhappy.

It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.

The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what.

If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.

Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.

Nothing is miserable but what is thought so, and contrariwise, every estate is happy if he that bears it be content.

We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

Happiness is a choice; not just a matter of genes or good luck.

Gratitude feels so good because it is the state of mind closest to your natural state in which you were born to live.

Joy is a condition that is experienced, but it is more than a feeling; it is, primarily, a state of mind.