One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about is happiness enough to get their work done.

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.

If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other or assumes that the greater the love the greater the jealousy.