Happiness

One of the secrets of a happy life is continuous small treats.

People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.

Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep.

Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil.

Beauty is the soul’s smile.

Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it.

The virtuous man alone can be happy.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

There are lots of ways of being miserable, but there's only one way of being comfortable, and that is to stop running round after happiness. If you make up your mind not to be happy there's no reason why you shouldn't have a fairly good time.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Ah, fill the cup: what boots it to repeat how time is slipping underneath our feet: Unborn tomorrow and dead yesterday, why fret about them if today be sweet!

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.