The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
Happiness is the freedom of choice. The freedom to choose where to live, what to do, what to buy, what to sell, from whom, to whom, when and how.
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
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.
Sometimes, it is precisely when you discover that you are living very happily that you suddenly find yourself in danger. To be happy means to discover that you are exposed to being hurt.
Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.
Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.
To be happy is only to have freed one's soul from the unrest of unhappiness.
Happiness is only attained by the free will agreeing in its freedom to accord with the will of God.