It is in virtue that happiness consists, for virtue is the state of mind which tends to make the whole of life harmonious.
To live we must conquer incessantly, we must have the courage to be happy.
Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security.
No man can be merry unless he is serious.
Happy [is] the man who has learned the cause of things and has put under his feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed.
The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.
It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.
What we call happiness is what we do not know.
For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul, but his life.
To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety.
The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.
Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom would probably admonish us also not to anticipate all our happiness from one quarter alone.
Growth itself contains the germ of happiness.
We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series.
Happiness is not a station to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
Everyone only goes around the track once in life, and if you don't enjoy that trip, it's pretty pathetic.
I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.
The really happy man is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
