Happiness quotes

True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

Very little is needed to make a happy life.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Sometimes it's hard to avoid the happiness of others.

The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.

The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.