Francis Bacon Quotes

As this world was not intended to be a state of any great satisfaction or high enjoyment, so neither was it intended to be a mere scene of unhappiness and sorrow.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

It seldom happens that any felicity comes so pure as not to be tempered and allayed by some mixture of sorrow.

And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.

I don't think anyone does anything from happiness. Happiness is such a good state, it doesn't need to be creative. You're not creative from happiness, you're just happy. You're creative when you're miserable and depressed. You find the key to transform things. Happiness does not need to transform.

HAPPY EVER AFTER is a concept I'll never believe in. I would be content to sample some little taste of happiness today, tonight, right now. Though I know without a doubt that tomorrow will come saturated with pain. Life is like that. At least my life. And honestly, I cant think of anyone whose life is any different. The price tag for joy is misery. [...]

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

Not enough people in this world are happy.

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.

Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of human life.

There are two kinds of people on this Earth: Those who are content and those who are not.

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

I look at life and I see some very happy relationships, but I also see the vast majority as not being that happy.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

I'm old and happy. I've had a good life.

In our lives, we have good things and bad things, happiness and pain.

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?

I have been blessed with a good, fun, and wonderful life, but I've also seen a whole lot of pain.

My private life is private. But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So what I will say is that I am very happy.

This is the first time in my life I've ever been happy, not completely happy, but happier than I've ever been.