happiness

"I'm generally a happy person -with the help of antidepressants, that is- so there is something to be said for surrounding myself with happy people."

"Lord, make me nowAs happy as the field.With flowers enriched..."

"It was their secret, a secret meant for just the two of them, and she'd never been able to imagine how it would sound coming from someone else. But, somehow, Logan made it sound just right."

"Of all the means to insure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends."

"They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning."

"There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from the horrors of the world."

"The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it."

"Probably the wisest words that were ever uttered to me. Came from a therapist. I was sitting in her office, crying my eyes out. . . and she said, "So let me get this straight. You base your personal happiness on things entirely out of your control."

"إن السعادة هي أن أشرب كوب شاي.. مع صديق.. في لحظة رضا."

"The greatest happiness is when the eye discovers beauty where neither then mind conceived of nor the hand intended any."

"Art is unquestionably one of the purest and highest elements in human happiness. It trains the mind through the eye, and the eye through the mind. As the sun colors flowers, so does art color life."

"Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain."

"My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher."

"There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead."

"Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice."

"Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations."

"Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."

"We are often insane with happiness. We are also very unhappy for reasons neither of us can do anything about. Like being separated."