Happiness is hard because it's very subjective. I know the people that seem happiest to me, but whether they are actually - what they're really like inside is really hard to say.

One of the things that surprised me the most is how often we assume that because something's fun for someone else, it makes somebody else happy, it will make us happy.

When I find myself focusing overmuch on the anticipated future happiness of arriving at a certain goal, I remind myself to 'Enjoy now'. If I can enjoy the present, I don't need to count on the happiness that is (or isn't) waiting for me in the future".

One of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has chosen you.

Volunteering to help others is the right thing to do, and it also boosts personal happiness

Focus Not on Having Less or Having More, But on Wanting What You Have.

Outer order contributes to inner calm.