We all have a hungry heart and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading walking around the woods in Ohio where I grew up.

That is happiness to be dissolved into something complete and great.

I've run into certain geniuses of individualism - they are very few and far between - who live their lives completely on their own terms they are very powerful and have a great amount of happiness. We all should aspire to that.

It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has to accomplish.

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth that is the happiness of being truly loved.

Off with you! You're a happy fellow for you'll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

When we recall the past we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.