The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens.
Satisfaction of one’s curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
When ambition ends, happiness begins.
Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.
Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.
I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition.
Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.
Research has shown that the best way to be happy is to make each day happy.
It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.
Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.
