Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. 753
Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. 790
It is not in the pursuit of happiness that we find fulfillment, it is in the happiness of pursuit. 654
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. 714
The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather in spite of ourselves. 1.03K
Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people’s happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. 2.46K
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman – or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle. 1.97K
What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. 644
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. 635
The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there. 629
