"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."
― John Stuart Mill
Topic(s):
Happiness
More From John Stuart Mill
- "Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind."
- "As for charity, it is a matter in which the immediate effect on the persons directly concerned, and the ultimate consequence to the general good, are apt to be at complete war with one another."
- "The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses."
More In Happiness
- "Just stop for a minute and you’ll realize you’re happy just being. I think it’s the pursuit that screws up happiness. If we drop the pursuit, it’s right here."― James Hillman
- "Happiness is perfume, you can’t pour it on somebody else without getting a few drops on yourself."― James Van Der Zee
- "I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure upon myself I would thank God for his mercy."― Giacomo Casanova