Samuel Johnson Quotes

I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

Not by appointment do we meet delight Or joy; they heed not our expectancy; But round some corner of the streets of life they of a sudden greet us with a smile.

One must never look for happiness: one meets it by the way.

The hour of happiness will be the more welcome, the less it was expected.

Happiness often comes when least expected.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

The hour of happiness which comes unexpectedly is the happiest.

Happiness is strange; it comes when you are not seeking it. When you are not making an effort to be happy, then unexpectedly, mysteriously, happiness is there, born of purity, of a loveliness of being.

I'm happy to be reminded that an ordinary day full of nothing but nothingness can make you feel like you've won the lottery.

In reality, the most important things happen when you don't look for them.

The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.

As I started getting older, I realized, 'I'm so happy!' I didn't expect this! I wasn't happy when I was young.

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.

You can't look for love, or it will run away from you. But, you know, don't look for it. Don't look for it. Just go where it is and appreciate it, and, you know, it will find you.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Life's more amusing than we thought.

In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns.

A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.

Significant consequences can begin very inconsequentially. That's one thing that fascinates me. The other thing that fascinates me is how accident can undermine something that's unfolding, something that might have played out differently otherwise.

There's always going to be the circumstances you can't plan for. There's always the unexpected relevance and the serendipity.

And it sort of jogged a memory of something that I read at school and I read it, and I thought God this is it. So you never can tell. I could find something this afternoon.

I like the serendipitous surprises of reality.

My life is studded with a series of coincidences.

The best things in life sometimes happen spontaneously.