Happiness is good health and a good memory

We are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it is possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. Happiness and love are just a choice away. There is something curiously boring about somebody elses happiness. A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. The great essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for. Happiness is good health and a good memory.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody. There is something curiously boring about somebody elses happiness. We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about