Never will I pursue happiness, because it is not a goal, just a by-product, and there is no happiness in having or in getting, only in giving.

If we wish to be happy, monsieur, we must never comprehend duty; for, as soon as we comprehend it, it is implacable. One would say that it punishes you for comprehending it; but no, it rewards you for it; for it puts you into a hell where you feel God at your side.

How shall we live in order to be happy?" Your ability to ask and answer that question correctly for yourself—and then to follow where your answer leads you—will largely determine whether you achieve your own happiness, and how soon.

Men hold two views of what happiness consists in, viz, having, and doing. To possess much, or to do some great thing, constitutes the sum of human blessedness according to popular theory.

Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.

Joy is the goal of existence, and joy is not to be stumbled upon, but to be achieved, and the act of treason is to let its vision drown in the swamp of the moment's torture.

Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.

Love is never a fulfillment. Life is never a thing of continuous bliss. There is no paradise. Fight and laugh and feel bitter and feel bliss: and fight again. Fight, fight. That is life.

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.

one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful.

But having gotten what we had always wanted, we find we have not gotten what we wanted at all. We are less fulfilled than ever.

The hunger problem is not going to be solved by government or by industry but in church, among Christians who learn a different way to pursue happiness.