Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in read more

The greatest happiness of life it the conviction that we are loved - loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -Victor Hugo.

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?

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes read more

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Happiness is the overcoming of not unknown obstacles toward a known goal.

Happiness is the overcoming of not unknown obstacles toward a known goal.

The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.

The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of read more

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, read more

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence read more

It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever.