happiness

"Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others."

"A man wants to earn money in order to be happy, and his whole effort and the best of a life are devoted to the earning of that money. Happiness is forgotten; the means are taken for the end."

"And for a moment―for a split second―everything else falls away, the whole pattern and order of my life, and a huge joy crests in my chest. I am no one, and I owe nothing to anybody, and my life is my own."

"Man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness."

"A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering."

"I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh."

"And Nedley started saying,'Shut Up!Quit that! And i knew it really meant something to him. So I asked for his help,"Mark said. "Don't tell the story like that,"Nedley laughed. "What he said was 'Quit pretendin you're a bad guy I need your help, and I need it now!"

"Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the Buddha's teaching."

"Happiness is like those palaces in fairytales whose gates are guarded by dragons: We must fight in order to conquer it."

"Call no man happy until he is dead."

"Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious."

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."

"Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch."

"There is nothing worse for the lying soul than the mirror of reality."

"Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its spring deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy."

"And from the midst of cheerless gloomI passed to bright unclouded day."

"I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest."

"You must be the best judge of your own happiness."

"The best parts of life are the things we can't plan. And it's a lot harder to find happiness if you're only searching in one place. Sometimes, you just have to throw away the map. Admit that you don't know where you're going and stop pressuring yourself to figure it out. Besides...a map is a life someone else already lived. It's more fun to make your own."

"There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy."