It is neither wealth nor splendor, but tranquility and occupation which give happiness.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain.

All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative, they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to share them.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

But what is happiness except for the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads.

Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful.

The clearest way in the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

The Son of God became a man to enable men to become sons of God.

Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe.

I have arrived. I am home in the here, in the now. I am solid. I am free. In the ultimate I dwell.

Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

In wilderness is the preservation of the world.

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship…the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.

Oh! poverty is a weary thing, 'tis full of grief and pain; it keepeth down the soul of man, as with an iron chain.

America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the “common good,” but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn.

There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, there are no limits.

I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win—if you don't, you won't.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed—there's so little competition.