Epitectus

Don’t worry, be happy!

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.

What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money.

The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to except and what to let go.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Happiness isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

I’ve found happiness in my work, but not in my private life. I had to take from my private life to make my public life successful. I had to make a lot of sacrifices. I was happy in Cardiff. I had a great time. Every Thursday there was a factory club; darts, dancing. I was happy until success entered my life, and then it was all downhill. Success spoilt me. It took away my happiness. My success became a barrier with my family. They couldn’t relate to me, and I couldn’t relate to them.

They’ve got no idea what happiness is, they don’t know that without this love there is no happiness or unhappiness for us–there is no life.

If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.