Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

To give away money is an easy matter, and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power, nor an easy matter. Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.

A friend is a second self.

Education is the best provision for old age.

If happiness is what you’re after, you’re gonna be let down frequently and you’re gonna be unhappy much of your time. Joy though, joy is the feeling that we have doing what we are fashioned to do, no matter the outcome.

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

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

Be happy; without reason.

If you’re going to be able to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to haunt for happiness

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

The truth is that all of us can attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to its greatest extent.

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

Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have.

Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.

A happy life is just a string of happy moments. But most people don’t allow the happy moment, because they’re so busy trying to get a happy life.