"What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine."

"Ester asked why people are sad."That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main aim in life is to follow a plan. They never ask if that plan is theirs or if it was created by another person. They accumulate experiences, memories, things, other people's ideas, and it is more than they can possibly cope with. And that is why they forget their dreams."

"Always find opportunities to make someone smile, and to offer random acts of kindness in everyday life."

"There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time."

"Do not set aside your happiness. Do not wait to be happy in the future. The best time to be happy is always now."

"The more you feed your mind with positive thoughts, the more you can attract great things into your life."

"Stop comparing yourself to other people, just choose to be happy and live your own life."

"Don’t waste your time in anger, regrets, worries, and grudges. Life is too short to be unhappy."

"Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up!!! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them."

"Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy."

"I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else."

"It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living."

"Be grateful for what you already have while you pursue your goals. If you aren’t grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you would be happy with more."

"Take responsibility of your own happiness, never put it in other people’s hands."

"If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present."

"Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely."

"Cry. Forgive. Learn. Move on. Let your tears water the seeds of your future happiness."

"please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you."

"Letting go means to come to the realization that some people are a part of your history, but not a part of your destiny."

"I've got nothing to do today but smile."

"It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it."

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters."