It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to be earned by labor in one's earlier years. One should labor so hard in youth that everything one does subsequently is easy by comparison.

What if I couldn't handle people's opinions of me? I know that shouldn't dictate a person's degree of peace or happiness in life, but the problem is, I chose a business saturated in judgment.

So, my happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle.

Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.

There is an old saying that money can't buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game.

Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.

I admit I can't shake the idea that there is virtue in suffering, that there is a sort of psychic economy, whereby if you embrace success, happiness and comfort, these things have to be paid for.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.

I see nothing wrong with the human trait to desire. In fact, I consider it integral to our success mechanism. Becoming attached to what we desire is what causes the trouble. If you must have it in order to be happy, then you are denying the happiness of the here and now.

To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.