We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
We've just learned how to balance ourselves a little better so that we're happier way more of the time than not, and, you know, being happy is a radical and desirable act if you ask me.
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.
Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.
I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy.
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
We all want to be happy. We need to expand the notion of what that means, to make it bigger and wiser.