Gretchen Rubin Quotes

I could see no reason for being sad. It´s just that it makes me unhappy not to feel happy.

Doing a kindness produces the single most reliable momentary increase in well-being of any exercise we have tested.

A mind wishing to benefit other people and other sentient beings is the very basis of peace and happiness.

It is impossible to be both selfish and happy.

Why do people spend their time being sad when they could be happy?

We must learn that to enjoy happiness we must conscientiously and continuously seek to spread happiness. Selfishness is suicidal to happiness.

Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people.

Never forget - happiness ends when selfishness begins.

I want to be happy. i want to make people happy. i do not need to be rich to do that.

The belief that unhappiness is selfless and happiness is selfish is misguided. It's more selfless to act happy. It takes energy, generosity, and discipline to be unfailingly lighthearted.

I'm trying to teach people not to be selfish. That's the thing. If you have a good thing share it. Of course we're not in a sexual relationship.

A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not.

As long as there are people suffering, how can I not be happy?

And I believe happiness is the exact opposite of sadness, bitterness, and hatred: happiness should remain unexamined as long as possible.

Everyone's goal is to be happy. Happiness is achieved by promoting happiness to others.

Happiest are the people who give most happiness to others.

The human being who lives only for himself finally reaps nothing but unhappiness. Selfishness corrodes. Unselfishness ennobles, satisfies.

The happiest is the man who is not at all selfish.

I suspect that the happiest people you know are the ones who work at being kind, helpful and reliable - and happiness sneaks into their lives while they are busy doing those things. It is a by-product, never a primary goal.

Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power

Negativity is the enemy of creativity. For instance if you're filled with depression, you can hardly even get out of bed, let alone feel like creating something. If you are filled with bitter, selfish anger, this occupies the mind and leaves little room for creative ideas.

If you don't mind being unhappy, what happens to the unhappiness?

Remember one thing: the one who brings unhappiness to others in the end becomes unhappy himself, and the one who brings happiness to others in the end reaches to the heights of happiness. That's why I am saying that someone who tries to give happiness develops the center of happiness inside himself, and someone who tries to bring unhappiness to others develops the center of unhappiness inside himself.

Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed even by the most uncomfortable circumstances. If you nurse hatred, however, you will not be happy even in the lap of luxury. Thus, if we really want happiness, we must widen the sphere of love. This is both religious thinking and basic common sense.