With a genuine keenness or readiness to serve others, one can attain happiness in any group or community, and the eagerness to serve others will endow you with the power and skill necessary for the required service. Nowadays, we tend to regard it as derogatory to serve, but there is great worth in service.
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"
I'm not happy but I'm not unhappy about it.
-Alan Bennett
"The History Boys"
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
-Andy Rooney
Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.
-André Gide
"L'immoralist"
Every day you can inspire others through your sincere concern for humanity’s happiness and progress.
What is the definition of joy? When you get an opportunity to do what you really
want to, the feeling that you experience then, is called "Joy".
-Deep Trivedi
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
-William Saroyan
"My Heart's in the Highlands"
Unhappiness is bondage; therefore, happiness is freedom.
-Lauren Oliver
"Delirium"
