If we can accept as true that life circumstances are not the keys to happiness, we'll be greatly empowered to pursue happiness for ourselves.

I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.

Find a happy person, and you will find a project.

It is equally important to investigate wellness as it is to study misery.

Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities.

Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.

Last but not least, the happiest people do have their share of stresses, crises, and even tragedies. They may become just as distressed and emotional in such circumstances as you or I, but their secret weapon is the poise and strength they show in coping in the face of challenge.