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We live in a world of constant juxtaposition between joy that's possible and pain that's all too common. We hope for love and success and abundance, but we never quite forget that there is always lurking the possibility of disaster.

The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope.

Too much good fortune can make you smug and unaware. Happiness should be like an oasis, the greener for the desert that surrounds it.

We have the tendency to run away from suffering and to look for happiness. But, in fact, if you have not suffered, you have no chance to experience real happiness.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

It's pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

I've learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.