One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As attractive as it is, the idea that nature can exist beyond our dangerous 'instinct for happiness' is never the whole story.
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.
People will survive, and they will find happiness. Happiness only comes when you're not looking for it.
Happiness lies so far from man, but he must begin by daring to will it.
Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end in itself.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.