Happiness means quiet nerves. W. C. Fields quotes Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization. Vauvenargues, Marquis de quotes Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. Sydney Smith quotes A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. Soren Kierkegaard quotes We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. Samuel Johnson quotes Happiness seems made to be shared. Pierre Corneille quotes The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depend upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. Plato quotes Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. Plutarch quotes Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine. Tryon Edwards quotes There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress in existence by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow. Samuel Johnson quotes |