Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

The word 'happiness' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.