Above all, let us never forget that an act of goodness is in itself an act of happiness. It is the flower of a long inner life of joy and contentment; it tells of peaceful hours and days on the sunniest heights of our soul.
A mathematical formula for happiness: Reality divided by Expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations.
-Jodi Picoult
"Nineteen Minutes"
Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.
-Oscar Wilde
Happiness is a late discovery.
-Fadi Dabour
If you think happiness is a rare bird, you won't see much of it.
-Marty Rubin
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
-Alfred Bester
"The Stars My Destination"
We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.
-Helen Keller
Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get.
-W. P. Kinsella
The difference between love and happiness is that those who talk about love tend to be in love, but those who talk about happiness tend to be not happy.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
One must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy.
-Leo Tolstoy
"War and Peace"
