"Of cheerfulness, or a good temper -- the more it is spent, the more of it remains." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

* Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. -- Mohandas Gandhi

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
-- Kahlil Gibran

One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.
- - Dick Gregory

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy -- Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
-- Burton Hills

"The supreme happiness of live is the conviction that we are loved."
-- Victor Hugo

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
-- Storm Jameson

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." -- Thomas Jefferson

"The freedom and happiness of man... [are] the sole objects of all legitimate government."
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1810.

Industry, commerce and security are the surest roads to the happiness and prosperity of people."
-- Thomas Jefferson, 1789

"Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens."
-- Douglas Jerrold.