happiness

"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."

"I think probably kindness is my number one attribute in a human being. I'll put it before any of the things like courage or bravery or generosity or anything else.Brian Sibley: Or brains even?Oh gosh, yes, brains is one of the least. You can be a lovely person without brains, absolutely lovely. Kindness - that simple word. To be kind - it covers everything, to my mind.If you're kind that's it."

"How aware are we of our own inner life, our spirituality-something so intangible yet so priceless? How much effort do we make to perceive that which is not obvious, which can neither be seen nor heard? I believe the exploration and enrichment of the human spirit is what determines our very humanity. Such enrichment provides an inner compass that can lead civilizations to greatness."

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

"The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal."

"Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either extreme egotism, selfishness, evil -- or else an absolute ignorance."

"Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration."

"There's the risk of being loved...and that would keep me from being happy."

"Happiness is never there to stay [...] Happiness is merely a respite offered by inquietude."

"Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none."

"A mathematical formula for happiness:Reality divided by Expectations.There were two ways to be happy:improve your reality or lower your expectations."

"I used to float along in all of this, like a leaf on a coursing stream, but i am heavier now, less easily moved, more resolute and steadfast. I am no longer in pursuit of happiness. As I stand here at my front door, key in hand, I think it is just possible that happiness, at least for now, today, this hour, may be in pursuit of me."

"I don't know whether it is beautiful or sad, that I find such blissful happiness within the confines of my own mind, more so than I do in the reality that surrounds me."

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

"I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love."

"It is in the balancing of your spirituality with your humanity that you will find immeasurable happiness, success, good health, and love."

"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."

"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."

"My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose."

"I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anything."