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Being happy outside the pool means fast swimming in the pool.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.

I have an odd theory on happiness, and it bothers people. My general theory is that happiness is a reward for an animal doing what it should be doing. So if a horse runs, it feels happy. Or if you are too thin, you can't be happy, because evolution wants you to be tense and anxious, trying to wake up in the morning looking for food.

Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you.

My belief is that we were put into this world of wonders and beauty with a special ability to appreciate them, in some cases to have the fun of taking a hand in developing them, and also in being able to help other people instead of overreaching them and, through it all, to enjoy life - that is, to be happy.