What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience? less than 1 minute read
The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves. less than 1 minute read
Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment. less than 1 minute read
But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth that is the happiness of being truly loved. less than 1 minute read
I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness. less than 1 minute read
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. less than 1 minute read
Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men. less than 1 minute read