Happiness

Need balance in life to feel the happy moments

Maslow

Aristotle

Virtue Ethics

Hedonism

Pleasure and the absense of pain are the only intrinsic goods

Happiness is the highest good

Epicureanism

Pursuit of simple pleasures

Avoidance of unnecessary desires and pain

Utilitarianism - Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill

Cultivation of virtues (courage, wisdom, justice) as the path to happiness

Eudaimonia (good spirit)

True happiness is living in accordance with one's true nature and fulfilling one's potential

Paradox of hedonism - relentless pursuit of pleasure may lead to unhappiness

Is the harmony between believing and doing something

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harnomy" - Mahatma Ghandi

"The purpose of our lives is to be happy" - Dalai Lama

"Happiness depends upon ourselves" - Aristotle

Can be attained through service

"The best way to cheer yourself up is to try cheer someone else up" - Mark Twain

"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions" - Dalai Lama

Happiness is a by-product

"Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived" - Eleanor Roosevelt

"Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life. The whole aim and end of human existence" - Aristotle

"Sadness gives depth. Happiness gives height. Sadness gives roots. Happiness gives branches...Both are needed, and the higher a tree goes, the deeper it goes, simultaenously" - Osho

"The only way to find true happiness

"Happiness is a state of mind. It's just according to the way you look at things" - Walt Disney