The Pursuit Of Happiness Quotes

“In these United States of America that we call home, we may not know perfection - but we do know progress.”
― Hendrith Smith

“Our education system would be betraying its master, capitalism, if it taught us to be content with what we have. Or if it told us about the fruits of practicing minimalism.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Everyone is busy, yet we all have access to the same amount of time.”
― Chris Guillebeau, The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life

“Our pursuit of happiness is an addiction to us and a cancer to our planet.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“To chase pleasure is to be chased by pain.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, P for Pessimism: A Collection of Funny yet Profound Aphorisms

“Saints and sinners are chasing the very same thing: happiness. What differs are the vehicles with which they do the chasing.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Love is at the center of humanity. It’s what makes us human and what makes us beautiful. It’s what makes us strong, resilient, and compels us to do the right thing. Love is a way of life — it is more than just a feeling. Love is an action, an art, and the deep desire to see others grow to their greatest capacity. To see ourselves grow to our greatest capacity. Love is what makes us truly us, and what makes this country great. It is what makes us patriotic in our mission for life, love, and the pursuit of happiness. We need to rise above our desire to compete, so we can step up for our souls’ need to serve.”
― Drue Grit

“Capitalism is disgusted by those whose happiness is not a result of buying … or selling.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people who have been sentenced for life for crimes they did not commit are usually blissful, whereas many people who can go to any part of planet earth are usually miserable.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The thing whose acquisition ‘made’ you happy need not be stolen, lost, or broken for ‘it’ to make you unhappy.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Like spirituality, insanity frees us from the addiction to happiness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“There is no one on whom a smile does not look good.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Happiness that was pursued comes greatly diluted by the pursuit.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We are happy by nature, and are made unhappy by thoughts.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Most people want more than they have without having made the most of what they have.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Within, the only place where it is created, is the very last place most pursuers of happiness are likely to go.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Pursuing happiness comes with being pursued by unhappiness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“No one is freer than someone who couldn’t care less about how he or she feels.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We are greatly enslaved by how we do not want and how we want to feel.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“As an attempt to escape their unhappiness, some people ran to something they used to look down on, or make fun of, when they were happy.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Even cruel acts such as those that were committed by the Ku Klux Klan, rapists, and the Nazis fall under the umbrella of ‘the pursuit of happiness’.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“It is a sign of failure to have achieved spiritual awakening, to seek happiness in material success.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Life is just like family. It’s not just what you have, it’s what you make of it.”
― Drue Grit

“Happiness is sweet; its pursuit, bitter.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Most people want their prayers to end up being answered, so they can finally start praying new prayers.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“People and things cannot really make us happy or unhappy. They can merely make us decide to be happy or unhappy.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“We are happy by nature, and our happiness is interrupted by thoughts.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Happiness is all too often pursued through the use of a credit card.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Our being happy eventually irritates our mind into finding an excuse for us to be unhappy.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Some people are unknowingly engaged in the pursuit of unhappiness.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana