Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.
Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
People say you make your best work when you're in despair and all that, and at your lowest - but for me, I think happiness makes you positive, and I think that's a good creative place to write from.
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.
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