Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds read more

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since read more

The happiness of the domestic fireside is the first boon of Heaven; and it is well it is so, since it is that which is the lot of the mass of mankind.

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

Being happy with someone doesn't mean that everything about them is perfect, they can't be. It means that we know read more

Being happy with someone doesn't mean that everything about them is perfect, they can't be. It means that we know no one is perfect including ourselves so we look beyond someones imperfections and concentrate on their perfections and our happiest shines thru. As long as one's HEART is in the right place and is perfect for your liking then everything else that is near perfect or perfect about them is a bonus and everything else....secondary, they don't matter.

Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, read more

Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are

Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!

Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!

He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper
into the eternal mystery of nature has read more

He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper
into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace.
He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and
help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more
happiness than one man can bear.