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?

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to read more

Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.

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.

Don't put the key of your happiness in someone elses pocket.

Don't put the key of your happiness in someone elses pocket.

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.

Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.

Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. -Unknown.

The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour. -Unknown.