You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring.

Hundreds would never have known want if they had not first known waste.

Wouldn't it be something if we could have things we love in abudance without their losing that special attraction the want of them held for us.

We can afford all that we need; but we can not afford all [that] we want.

Money can't heal your heart. Money can't give you purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want peace. I don't want arms and legs, I want to be a miracle for someone else.

All men are in search of happiness. . . . This is the motive for men's every action, even those who are going to hang themselves.

A good life is made by accumulating in the course of a lifetime everything that is really good and by wanting nothing that impedes or frustrates this effort.

We ought to desire whatever is really good for us and nothing else.

WE BELIEVE THAT happiness is possible only in the future. That is why the practice "I have arrived" is very important. The realization that we have already arrived, that we don't have to travel any further, that we are already here, can give us peace and joy. The conditions for our happiness are already sufficient. We only need to allow ourselves to be in the present moment, and we will be able to touch them.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.