“The secret to my own happiness, my own good future, is within my own hands. I must not miss that opportunity!”

“But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.”

“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”

“Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.”

“Happiness is pleasure without regret”

“There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more...”

“Men are made for happiness and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: "I am doing God's will on...”

“Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.”

“A man's happiness or unhappiness depends as much on his temperament as on his destiny.”

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

“It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.”

“To win one's joy through struggle is better than to yield to melancholy.”