Happiness

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.

Remember me and smile, for it's better to forget than to remember me and cry.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.

Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us.

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

Peace begins with a smile.

Peace begins with a smile.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy.

Thomas Jefferson

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

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

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

With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?

With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity.

I didn't go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don't recommend Christianity.