What is Happiness?

These are some of famous sayings about happiness and what do you think about happiness? what is happiness to you guys?

Happiness depends upon ourselves. (Aristotle)

Man is the artificer of his own happiness. (Henry David Thoreau)

No man is happy who does not think himself so. (Publilius Syrus)

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of happiness. (Lao-tzu)

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. (Robert Frost)

Happiness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself. (Baruch Spinoza)

The busy bee has no time for sorrow. (William Blake)

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another. (Aesop)

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. (Abraham Lincoln)

The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it. (Al Batt)

Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination. (Roy M. Goodman)

The only cure for grief is action. (George Henry Lewes)

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it. (C. P. Snow)

The only joy in the world is to begin. (Cesare Pavese)

Waste no fresh tears over old griefs. (Euripides)

I just want to talk about Randy Pausch who was an American professor of computer science and human computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University. One day, he noticed that he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006, and in August 2007, he was given a terminal diagnosis that 3 to 6 months of good health left. However, Pausch overcame that hard time with his positive mind and thinking. Randy Pausch who lived a life withough regrets and didn’t have any feeling left for his life. He lived very happily with family and friends and he knew that how people can get along. That is why he gave an upbeat lecture entitled “The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” at Carnegie Mellon befor he died. This video is one part of the lecture which is an opportunity to you guys to think about your life and your dream.

I like his quote “Experience is what you get when you don’t get what you want it.” and it becomes my motto now.