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Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.

Happiness consumes itself like a flame. It cannot burn for ever, it must go out, and the presentiment of its end destroys it at its very peak.

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.

Happiness is just a positive perception from our brain. Some days, you will be unhappy. Our brain is a tool we use. It's not who we are.

People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you're not looking for it.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

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

We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.