Quotes About Happiness

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'

A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life -- provided he go his own way. He need not and should not think of making a good living, but rather of creating a good life for himself. To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.

To be joyous is to be a madman in a world of sad ghosts.

Alone in cities all over the world. My secret happiness. No one recognizes me. I walk invisibly amongst the species. I wish this night would last forever or that I could live forever in it. It's all I need. In these dark hours, I command time and live life, it's not living me. Fanatic.

With some whose nerves have a deep covering of fat, happiness is less of a problem that it is an accident of anatomy.

I'd learned what the word 'happy' meant. It meant there was no weight in your belly, and if you asked yourself how you felt, the answer spontaneously came back: good .

Reason shows me that if my happiness is desirable and good, the equal happiness of any other person must be equally desirable. ...

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

Joy and Temperance and Repose Slam the door on the doctor's nose.

I hear in the chamber above meThe patter of little feet.

Selfishness at the expense of others' happiness is demonism.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God.

He is the happiest man who is engaged in a business which tasks the most faculties of his mind.

The dog was created especially for children. He is the god of frolic.

Our flag means all that our fathers meant in the Revolutionary War. It means all that the Declaration of Independence meant. It means justice. It means liberty. It means happiness.... Every color means liberty. Every thread means liberty. Every star and stripe means liberty.

The dog was created specially for children. He is a god of frolic.

The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.