βMorality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.β
Immanuel Kant
βMorality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.β
βHappiness doesn't depend on any external conditions; it is governed by our mental attitude.β
βGrowth itself contains the germ of happiness.β
βThe secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible.β
βHappiness is a habit β cultivate it.β
βAll men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.β
βHappiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.β
βThe happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.β
βThe greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.β
βNo one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.β
βTrue happiness is exotic; its birthplace is in heaven.β
βThe art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.β
βOf all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.β
βHappiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.β
βBetter joy in a cottage than sorrow in a palace.β
βLove is trembling happiness.β
βA really great talent finds its happiness in execution.β
βThe most wasted of all days is one without laughter.β
βYou can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.β
βWho is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.β
βHappiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.β
βIf you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.β
βIf you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people.β
βLife is too short to give another minute to anyone or anything that doesn't make you happy.β
βTime you enjoy wasting was not wasted.β
βMore precious than love or intellect, what has made me happy is friendship.β
βThe greatest obstacle to happiness is expecting too much of it.β
βThe time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here.β
βHappiness is like a kiss β to receive it, you must give it to someone.β
βHe who laughs last is the happiest person.β
βThere is no product called happiness that money can buy.β
βTo live happily means to have peace of mind.β
βWhere there is hope, the seeds of happiness sprout.β
βA person with a kind heart is happy even in a small house.β
βThere is happiness in hope.β
βJoy is the feeling that we have from doing what we are fashioned to do, no matter the outcome.β