It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.

Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society.

My parents- they've been my biggest influences and supporters since day one. They teach me every day that happiness comes from within and not from something outside of your heart.

I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

The discovery of a new dish confers more happiness on humanity, than the discovery of a new star.

For me, love is happiness and inspiration.

It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch.

People are chasing cash, not happiness. When you chase money, you are going to lose. You are just going to. Even if you get the money, you are not going to be happy.

My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother's voice and smile.

I think happiness comes from self-acceptance. We all try different things, and we find some comfortable sense of who we are. We look at our parents and learn and grow and move on. We change.

There is no excellence without labor. One cannot dream oneself into either usefulness or happiness.

And perfect happiness? Man, that is a... the pool is about 92 degrees, the Jacuzzi is about 102 and an avocado farm.

I guess happiness is not a state you want to be in all the time.

When you are in love, you are so happy that you want to tell people about it. But now I have to censor myself. You need to protect the happiness you have.

I have worked on films where the budgets are almost limitless and you are in trailers that are bigger than a hotel room. You are taken care of and the food is amazing, the quality of the job is amazing and then you work on smaller things but it never dictates my happiness or my willingness to go to work.

Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.

One thing I have been happy as peach pie about - because I am all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home - is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home.

I can not believe it is been four years now, and from watching that pilot, we really all looked like babies. It is unbelievable just how far everything has come. I am happier now than I have ever been on the show and in my life. I really owe so much of my happiness to Glee.

The mindset of chasing that next #1 record Does not exist for me anymore. It is more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I do not base my happiness on that anymore. It is about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride.

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.