Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

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.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.

If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it, as the old woman did her lost spectacles, safe on her own nose all the time.

I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in the pursuit of positivity. I am interested in pursuing a truth, and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite.

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.

Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime!

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

Happiness is always a coincidence.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.

I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness.

I say to my children, the reason that marriage - and having children - is so important is that it stops you thinking about yourself. The way to happiness is to give yourself to others and to think of others before you think of yourself.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.

There are going to be priorities and multiple dimensions of your life, and how you integrate that is how you find happiness.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain!

The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The doctrine of the blank slate... is a totalitarian's dream.

I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.

Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

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.

In my long life I have found peace, joy, and happiness beyond my fondest hopes and dreams. One of the supreme benedictions of my life has been my marriage to an elect daughter of God. I love her with all my heart and soul.

Of course, to have money is just great because you can do what you think is important to you. I always was a rich person because money's not related to happiness.

Well, there are two kinds of happiness, grounded and ungrounded. Ungrounded happiness is cheesy and not based on reality. Grounded happiness is informed happiness based on the knowledge that the world sometimes sucks, but even then you have to believe in yourself.

When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.'

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

Happiness doesn't depend on how much you have to enjoy, but how much you enjoy what you have.

All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.

The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within.

With compassion you can die for other people, like the mother who can die for her child. You have the courage to say it because you are not afraid of losing anything, because you know that understanding and love is the foundation of happiness. But if you have fear of losing your status, your position, you will not have the courage to do it.

Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality.

There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species.

Mainly, I hope to inspire honesty. We live in a space where so much can be manipulated, and so much is expected to be manipulated - curated, contrived, edited. I think that's a real detriment to self expression and happiness in a lot of ways. In my mind, honesty and vulnerability is the way forward.

The majority of our happiness at work is determined by the people who surround us. Strong teams produce more content, launch more products, and sign more contracts. And most importantly, they have fun doing it.

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

In the end, you're trying to find God. That's the result of not being satisfied. And it doesn't matter how much money, or property, or whatever you've got, unless you're happy in your heart, then that's it. And unfortunately, you can never gain perfect happiness unless you've got that state of consciousness that enables that.