“Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.”
More from Anton Chekhov on Happiness
“Even in Siberia there is happiness.”
“True happiness is impossible without solitude. The fallen angel probably betrayed God because he longed for solitude, which angels do not know.”
“Men are made for happiness and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: "I am doing God's will on earth."”
“People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.”
Others on Happiness
Dalai Lama
12 quotes“The secret to my own happiness, my own good future, is within my own hands. I must not miss that opportunity!”
Jane Austen
10 quotes“But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.”
Anne Frank
8 quotes“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
Leo Tolstoy
6 quotes“Happiness is pleasure without regret”
Aristotle
6 quotes“Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.”
Alexandre Dumas
6 quotes“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more...”
Charles Schulz
5 quotes“Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.”
Dale Carnegie
5 quotes“Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.”
Bertrand Russell
5 quotes“If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than...”
Albert Camus
5 quotes“It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.”
Albert Schweitzer
5 quotes“The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.”
George Santayana
5 quotes“I believe in the possibility of happiness if one cultivates intuition and outlives the grosser passions including opti...”