Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think read more

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.

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.

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other read more

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

Pure love produces pure nonsense.

Pure love produces pure nonsense.

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.

To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our read more

To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experience.

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experience.