Henry David Thoreau

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.

None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

Be not simply good – be good for something.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy, it’s only necessary to be rich.

Happiness ain’t a thing in itself -it’s only a contrast with something that ain’t pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain’t happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.

A lifetime of happiness? No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.

If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Don’t worry, be happy!

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

I’m always smiling and happy.

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.