No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. 236
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. 415
Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. 232
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. 260
So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. 270
Once I knew only darkness and stillness… my life was without past or future… but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living. 254
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. 390
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. 254
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight. 399
