Azar Nafisi Quotes

If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.

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

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

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

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

Not enough people in this world are happy.

Luckier than one's neighbor, but still not happy.

I am quite miserable because I'm never satisfied with what I've got. You're always looking for that next high, and that is what I would define as happiness.

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

No man is happy but by comparison.

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

If you're not happy before you're successful, you're going to be miserable when you do become successful because all your problems just get magnified.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

I'm either enjoying myself or I'm not. And if I'm not enjoying myself, something's gone terribly wrong.

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.

Comparison is the death of joy.

That all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. A small drinking glass and a large one may be equally full, but the large one holds more than the small.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

I'm concerned about people being happy.

I am deeply convinced that happiness does not exist in this world.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.