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

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

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

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

Gratitude is the way to happiness.

Sorrow prepares you for joy.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full resources that are within thy reach.

Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.

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.

We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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.

Rest, nature, books, music, such is my idea of happiness.

Those who drink to drown their sorrow should be told sorrow knows how to swim.

It cannot be your duty to do anything that is beyond your reach or your strength at the moment. It cannot be your duty to do anything that sacrifices your own integrity or your own spiritual development.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

I had made the religion of service my own, as I felt that God could be realized only through service.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.

Only 3 things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and under performance. Everything else requires leadership.

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.