Few men in their 70s looked as good as my father did. What was his secret? Genes, maybe, since he didn’t exercise or diet, and he kept a candy drawer, drank a pot of black coffee every day, and read in the middle of the night. Still, he took such joy in being a dad – and in life in general – and his happiness showed. 1.45K
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. 574
I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families. 2K
We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to people’s happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in people’s lives has been severed. 692
I’ve never seen an obese person who has said, ‘I am well in my mind.’ Happiness stops food being a compensation. 578
According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your own happiness you seek. 586
As a bookish child in Calcutta, I used to thrill to the adventures of bad girls whose pursuit of happiness swept them outside the bounds of social decency. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina lived large in my imagination. The naughty girls of Hollywood films flirted and knew how to drive. 581
I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world. 2.16K
You know, American citizens, I don’t think, ever thought that the right to the pursuit of happiness did not include the right to marry the person you love. But for a whole number of Americans, gay Americans, that happens to be true. 700
I always looked for a man to rescue me and bring me happiness. I bought into that myth, of course, and looked for my own Prince Charming. 514
The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected. 557
Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness. 588
I’m an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance. 513
We have a long heritage of freedom that defines America. We believe there is a Creator who blessed us with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 587