But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any read more

One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. Victor Hugo -Diogenes Laertius.

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness.

I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was read more

I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy. Mary Baker Eddy -Ursula K. LeGuin.

The greatest happiness of the greatest number.
[Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]

The greatest happiness of the greatest number.
[Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Forget love, I'd rather fall in chocolate.

Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.

Thus happiness depends, as Nature shows,
Less on exterior things than most suppose.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go