Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The reward of suffering is experience.
Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing.
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
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.
Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.
Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.
Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.
Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.