Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
We possess only the happiness we are able to understand.
Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.
What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?
Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.
We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy.
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.
Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.
There's a happiness that comes from writing that I won't live without.
Happiness is ideal, it is the work of the imagination.
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.
I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.
I think we pursue positive relationships whether or not they bring us engagement or happiness.
What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.
The word 'happiness' always bothered me, partly because it was scientifically unwieldy and meant a lot of different things to different people, and also because it's subjective.
Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold o...
