Benjamin Franklin Quotes

What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really only on what happens inside a person. I am grateful for every day and that makes me happy.

I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy.

Happiness is a state of mind.

A sense of contentment is a key factor for attaining happiness

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

The key to human happiness lies within our own state of mind, and so too do the primary obstacles to that happiness.

Happiness is a condition of mind not a result of circumstances.

Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.

To be happy when you are travelling, you need to be happy inside before you leave. A positive frame of mind will definitely enhance your travelling experience. If I'm not in a positive frame of mind then the whole thing definitely becomes more of a challenge for me.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us.

Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind.

If you're happy, if you're feeling good, then nothing else matters.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

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

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

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.

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

Sometimes I think it's easier to think about being happier, for what ever that means to you then worrying about what is happiness and what would life be if I finally achieved this ultimate happiness?

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

The cause of happiness and the solution to our problems do not lie in knowledge of material things. Happiness and suffering are states of mind, and so their main causes cannot be found outside the mind. If we want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must learn how to control our mind.

The best revenge you can have on intellectuals is to be madly happy.

If by happiness you mean instead an ordinary contentment, then yes - I'm fairly contented. Not satisfied - contented.

My life, my joy, my food, my ail the world!