We are taught to remain in God's love so that we won't tie our happy to anything but God.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

A man whose identity flows out of deep validation doesn't wilt under criticism. He enjoys applause when it comes but frankly isn't desperate for it. He can walk away from work at five o'clock; he doesn't measure his success by how much money he makes. We grow into this man, to be sure; I'm not setting a new standard of perfection. But what I am describing.

As you let go of the complications, emotional toxins, and everything else that isn't serving you, you will be free to experience the happiness that exists in simplicity.

There are different points of view about how to approach this experience of ultimate ecstasy, as some people describe it, or ultimate nirvana or ultimate fulfillment.

The only failure is not knowing how to be happy."

He that deserves nothing should be content with anything.

The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being; Dream not of other worlds, what creatures there Live, in what state, condition, or degree, Contented that thus far hath been revealed.

The problem with people, according to Jesus, is not that we are too happy for God's taste, but that we are not happy enough.

True happiness comes from the things that cannot be taken away from you. Making the full effort to do the right thing can never be taken away from you.