“In order to be utterly happy the only thing necessary is to refrain from comparing this moment with other moments in the past, which I often did not fully enjoy because I was comparing them with other moments of the future.” — Andre Gide

“To make a man happy, fill his hands with work, his heart with affection, his mind with purpose, his memory with useful knowledge, his future with hope, and his stomach with food.” — Frederick E. Crane

“For me, happiness came from prayer to a kindly God, faith in a kindly God, love for my fellow man, and doing the very best I could every day of my life. I had looked for happiness in fast living, but it was not there. I tried to find it in money, but it was not there, either. But when I placed myself in tune with what I believe to be fundamental truths of life, when I began to develop my limited ability, to rid my mind of all kinds of tangled thoughts and fill it with zeal and courage and love, when I gave myself a chance by treating myself decently and sensibly, I began to feel the stimulating, warm glow of happiness.” — Edward Young

“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.” — Christopher Morley

“Work and love — these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.” — Theodor Reik

“If thou workest at that which is before thee … expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to Nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.” — Marcus Aurelius

“Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation and freedom in all just pursuits.” — Thomas Jefferson

“I believe the recipe for happiness to be just enough money to pay the monthly bills you acquire, a little surplus to give you confidence, a little too much work each day, enthusiasm for your work, a substantial share of good health, a couple of real friends and a wife and children to share life’s beauty with you.” — J. Kenfield Morley

“If we could learn how to balance rest against effort, calmness against strain, quiet against turmoil, we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life.” — Josephine Rathbone

“Five great enemies to peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“True happiness … arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.” — Joseph Addison

“May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart.” — Eskimo proverb

“What can be added to the happiness of man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?” — Adam Smith

“Do you prefer that you be right, or that you be happy?” — A Course In Miracles

“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.” — T.S. Eliot

“The older you get, the more you realize that kindness is synonymous with happiness.” — Lionel Barrymore

“There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.” — Henry Drummond

“Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.” — Chinese proverb

“True happiness consists in making others happy.” — Hindu proverb