Gratitude always comes into play; research shows that people are happier if they are grateful for the positive things in their lives, rather than worrying about what might be missing.

It makes no difference where you go, there you are. And it makes no difference what you have, there's always more to want. Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what...

The only means by which one could attain complete happiness is to avoid living in constant expectation of it. It's the expectation that causes our unhappiness and consequent bitterness about life

Happiness is this dance where we come closer and move apart without losing each other. It is even made of the tears of long separations on the condition that reunions come.

The greenest of pastures are right here on earth.

Love is the energy of life.

The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy

Do not presume that richness or poorness will bring you happiness.

If you're not happy in life then you need to change, calibrate, readjust... flush your negative energy and fill it with positive energy; How do we do that you might ask? well I would start by making...

A joyful heart is the normal result of a heart burning with love. She gives most who gives with joy.

Right now, I had everything I could ask for. It wasn't a long list, but it was a very satisfying one, starting with the love of my life back in my arms.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

"Happy?" He stared her down. "You can't expect happiness. If it comes along - consider yourself lucky, but that's not what life's about."

There is a black-and-white picture in my hallway, of me, Nancy, and Lizzie in the bath, when Nancy was eight months old and Lizzie two-and-a-half. I am gently biting Lizzie. Nancy, in turn, is gumming...

But the real key to remember is that happiness is a journey, not a destination.

Starting today, learn more, laugh more and do what you truly love to do.

The thought has cheered me, and I'd like to hang onto that. Must protect my little pockets of happiness.

An empty stomach is better than full and grief is better than happiness.

I aspire to wisdom, my lady. I do not believe I possess it, not yet. But my lord Ptolemy Solon holds that happiness is the highest form of wisdom. I made a broad gesture. Today the sun is shining and...

The thing is, Mom, the secret of happiness is low expectations. That's a good reminder, right there. If you didn't lose your husband and kids all in one year, smile! You're ahead of the game.

There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. C. S. LEWIS

I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and I decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence.

No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.

Questions about happiness generally assume that we know what a happy life looks like. Happiness is often described as the result of having a great many ducks lined up in a row - spouse, offspring,...

The search for contentment is, therefore, not merely a self - preserving and self - benefiting act, but also a generous gift to the world. You cease being an obstacle, not only to yourself but to...

I've come to think that if doing something simple or silly can give a person pleasure, then, by God, do it

Pierre was right when he said that 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...

Why count the days when only one is enough for man to fully know happiness!

Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.