The good news is that going blind is not going to make you as unhappy as you think it will. The bad news is that winning the lottery will not make you as happy as you expect. — Daniel Gilbert

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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. - Immanuel Kant

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A mathematical formula for happiness: reality divided by expectations. There were two ways to be happy: improve your reality or lower your expectations. — Jodi Picoult

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Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called ‘All the things that could go wrong.' — Marianne Williamson

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Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy. — Stephen Fry

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The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. - William Dean Howells

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We took away your art because we thought it would reveal your souls. Or to put it more finely, we did it to prove you had souls at all.

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I’ve got nothing to do today but smile. — Paul Simon

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If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. ― Alfred Tennyson

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Happiness. Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. — Joanne Harris

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