The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.
The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.
We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.
I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in the pursuit of positivity. I am interested in pursuing a truth, and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite.
There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth.
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.
Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.
I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.
Before the palefaces came among us, we enjoyed the happiness of unbounded freedom and were acquainted with neither riches, wants, nor oppression.
Humans are extremely good in acquiring new power, but they are not very good in translating this power into greater happiness, which is why we are far more powerful than ever before but we don't seem to be much happier.
