Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Human will is the source of happiness.
In plain terms
Happiness comes from your own will.
What can you take from it?
Choose your own happiness.

Where it applies

  • self-help
  • psychology
  • philosophy

Putting it to work

  • decision making
  • mindset shifts

Questions to consider

  • What controls your happiness?

Another view

It ignores external circumstances affecting happiness.

More from Friedrich von Schiller

  1. The voice of the majority is no proof of justice.

    Permalink to quote #134
  2. The world is ruled only by consideration of advantages.

    Permalink to quote #136
  3. The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.

    Permalink to quote #133

Related quotes

  1. Cueillez des aujourd'hui les roses de la vie.

    Pierre de RonsardPierre de Ronsard quote #2
  2. : I had seen the princess and let her lie there unawakened, because the happily ever after was so damnably much work.

    Orson Scott CardOrson Scott Card quote #2
  3. A warrior chooses a path with heart, any path with heart, and follows it; and then he rejoices and laughs. He knows because he sees that his life will be over …

    Carlos CastanedaCarlos Castaneda quote #8