Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine. 533
For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself. 628
You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. 611
Inside every adult there’s still a child that lingers. We’re happiness merchants – giving people the opportunity to dream like children. 574
I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 540
The house a woman creates is a Utopia. She can’t help it – can’t help trying to interest her nearest and dearest not in happiness itself but in the search for it. 1.7K
Money is not necessarily, although it helps a lot for happiness, it’s not necessarily the best way to be happy, to be rich, you know. 2.13K
Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP. 597
There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true. 535
I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be. 622
Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world – and there clearly are – then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality. 536
The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn’t exist for me anymore. It’s more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don’t base my happiness on that anymore. It’s about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride. 574
I love acting. It’s my playground, it let’s me explore. But my happiness in this world – my level of peace – is never going to be dictated by acting. 608