I've always found that the poorer the places that I go, the more smiles I see, and the more happiness I see.
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man's happiness really lies in contentment.
Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little.
We all of us deserve happiness or none of us does.
Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.
The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky.
Happiness is the longing for repetition.
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness.
Happiness, it's a small thing - just a very little thing.
To live in the midst of suffering, which we do, we do, amid distress, and to keep some equilibrium in the midst of that - that would be happiness enough.
While the world may feel entitled and have the power to pronounce an individual crazy, are there times when the innocent genius, the insightful individual or just the old grandmother may reasonably declare the world to be mad? Probably, but what hope...
I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.
The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.
One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.
Fame is indeed beautiful and benign and gentle and satisfying, but happiness is something at once tender and brilliant beyond all things.
I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness.
I've done an informal, anecdotal survey about marriage, and I've found no evidence that it brings happiness.
A face is too slight a foundation for happiness.
An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.
