Eugene O'Neill Quotes

Being OK means you're not sad, and you're not incredibly happy. You're content. You're OK. And that's the ideal place to be, to be able to say, 'I'm OK.'

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

I'm always content. I hold much more store in contentment than happiness.

The moderation of fortunate people comes from the calm which good fortune gives to their tempers.

Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.

Contentment is not happiness. Contentment is stagnation and decay, whereas happiness is life and growth.

Once bliss becomes normal it's no longer bliss, it's just peace.

I think I am basically a happy person.

Unhappiness is an unfinished state; happy people don't need our help.

I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.

I'd rather be happy than right.

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

I am calm most of the time.

I don't look for bliss, just contentment.

Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold.

I'm one of the happiest people I know. I truly am. And it's genuine.

I like to keep a calm set.

'Happiness' is a pointless goal.

I consider myself a happy person, yes.

I have never felt the need to get agitated or hyper about anything in life.

I know I can feel bad, when I get in a bad mood, and the world can look so sad, only you make me feel good.

I'm usually pretty happy. I don't ever really get disturbed in any way, or feel like I need to go back and change something.

I think happiness is overrated. Satisfied, at peace-those would be more realistic goals.

The most certain sign of wisdom is a continual cheerfulness; her state is like that of things in the regions above the moon, always clear and serene.