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.

Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest read more

Priestly was the first (unless it was Becarria) who taught my
lips to pronounce this sacred truth--that the greatest happiness
of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and
legislation.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly read more

There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. -Democritus.

Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. -Democritus.

Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue read more

Happiness isn't a static thing; it's the quest for happiness that allows us to think we're happy, while we continue to search for more.

Without relationships, no matter how much wealth, fame, power, prestige and seeming success by the standards and opinions of the read more

Without relationships, no matter how much wealth, fame, power, prestige and seeming success by the standards and opinions of the world one has, happiness will constantly eluded him.

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.