Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality.
And perfect happiness? Man, that's a... the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.
Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.
I would hope my legacy would be bringing smiles to faces. Happiness with my music.
Michael has a connection with children, just like Mickey Mouse does, and he brings happiness to them, and joy.
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity.
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.
There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
My personal life is a source of incredible happiness for me, but it's personal, and it's not for me to hock or shop around to the highest bidder.
If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved.
And, in fact, you can find that the lack of basic resources, material resources, contributes to unhappiness, but the increase in material resources do not increase happiness.
Purring would seem to be, in her case, an automatic safety valve device for dealing with happiness overflow.
I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.
That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them.
