There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one – keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. Twain, Mark
To fill the hour – that is happiness. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. Johnson, Samuel
We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. Cicero
What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. Freud, Sigmund
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Keller, Helen
When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad. White, E.B.
You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them. Camus, Albert
