Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit.

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years.

Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.