Quotes on Happiness

I know that no business contract, no order or commercial consideration can ever be worth the happiness of one's home or the peace of one's mind.

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

The thing that most interests me about writing - there are lots of things, but the thing I can't do without - is the hit of happiness a lovely sentence delivers.

I longed for literary celebrity even as I saw with my own eyes how little happiness it brought.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other's well-being, is source of happiness.

We can have a new vision, one even greater than the system they gave us after World War II. Everyone can pursue happiness and freedom and peace.

It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

It appeared to me obvious that the happiness of mankind should be the aim of all action, and I discovered to my surprise that there were those who thought otherwise.

Happiness consists in activity. It is a running stream, not a stagnant pool.

Happiness is a sort of action.

Anything one does every day is important and imposing and anywhere one lives is interesting and beautiful.

Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.

My formula for happiness: a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal.

The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

The temperament that produces a talent for little things is the opposite of that required for great ones.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Even if only a few individuals try to create mental peace and happiness within themselves, and act responsibly and kind-heartedly towards others, they will have a positive influence in their community.