In the end, you're trying to find God. That's the result of not being satisfied. And it doesn't matter how much money, or property, or whatever you've got, unless you're happy in your heart, then that's it. And unfortunately, you can never gain perfect happiness unless you've got that state of consciousness that enables that.

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

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

People need to realise what real happiness and success is, because success as an actor is fleeting. You can be up there one day and gone the next.

The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.

Vegas means comedy, tragedy, happiness and sadness all at the same time.

I had a somewhat religious upbringing. Not strict, but it was there, and I'm kind of thankful for that. If you grow up just watching MTV, that's its own form of religion, and it's not even based on happiness or communal responsibility. I mean, try to construct a worldview out of that.

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.

Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value and behaving in a way that's consistent with those beliefs.

All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness.

Those who know me know I'm passionate about lists, and top of my list of priorities is my family. My wife Joan and I do not consider our legacy to our children to be wealth or fame but the opportunity to pursue happiness by following their own path.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

When you're in love, you're 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.

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.

'Happiness' is a pointless goal.

I'm not an overly material person. Sure, I like certain comforts in life. But buying a lot of 'things' doesn't produce happiness for me.

I envy the happiness of others... I envy the sense of belonging... I seem always to be remaking myself.

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

In every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort and to diffuse their influence universally and equally.

If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.

Real and true happiness is having a relationship with God and not what makes us happy.