Now I believe that lovers should be draped in flowers and laid entwined together on a bed of clover and left there to sleep, left there to dream of their happiness.

The one happiness is to shut one's door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create; to create life in that isolation from life.

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good or a personal to a general one can speak of happiness only as the blind do of colors.

I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health and contributes to your look.

Happiness is just another of the tricks that our genetic system plays on us to carry out its only role, which is the survival of the species.

Surveillance cameras might reduce crime - even though the evidence here is mixed - but no studies show that they result in greater happiness of everyone involved.

If you have not taken the time to define what happiness means to you, what have your spent your whole life pursuing?

He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no obligation to make sacrifices for their welfare or happiness.

You should wake up in the morning and say, 'What do I want to do today? What's going to make me happy?'