"Happiness is not the absence of problems, it’s the ability to deal with them."
"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves."
"All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love."
"Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur everyday than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom."
"To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness."
"There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human—in not having to be just happy or just sad—in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time."
"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."
"It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness."
"There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort."
"If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else."
"The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open."
"It isn’t what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it."
"People are unhappy when they get something too easily. You have to sweat – that’s the only moral they know."
"We can’t control the world. We can only (barely) control our own reactions to it. Happiness is largely a choice, not a right or entitlement."
"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude."
"I think the key to life is just being a happy person, and happiness will bring you success."
"Happiness is being content with what you have, living in freedom and liberty, having a good family life and good friends."
"The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment."
