To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one’s family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one’s own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. 796
I understand by this passion the union of desire, friendship, and tenderness, which is inflamed by a single female, which prefers her to the rest of her sex, and which seeks her possession as the supreme or the sole happiness of our being. 2.5K
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. 815
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. 607
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. 637
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness. 823
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. 754
I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That’s because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life. 2.34K
In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge. 721
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. 708
Happiness exists on earth, and it is won through prudent exercise of reason, knowledge of the harmony of the universe, and constant practice of generosity. 759
