You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me.

Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.

I'll do what I've got to do in my own career and my own life. For my own happiness. I'm not gonna be bent over a barrel and told what to do.

Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.

Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.

I was able to find myself spiritually by realizing that my happiness started with me.

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.

In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not. Many of our choices are between good and evil. The choices we make, however, determine to a large extent our happiness or our unhappiness, because we have to live with the consequences of our choices.

The first person who ever told me that happiness was work was this manic-depressive artist I knew when I was in my 20s. I was like, 'What are you talking about? Happiness just happens. That's even the root of that word. How could it be work?'

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

I love walking down the street and seeing faces and drama and happiness and sadness and dirt and cleanliness.

I always find the worst lies are told in relationships - I learned to never lie about your happiness in order to save someone's feelings from being hurt.

I saw 'Joy Luck Club' when it came out, so that was early mid-'90s, and I remember seeing it with my long-time collaborator, Mina Shum. We'd just done 'Double Happiness,' and we saw this movie, and we were weeping. Like, shuddering weeping. Weeping more than really the film deserved.

Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

The more you practise happiness, the better you get at it. So if you spend lots of time practising being depressed, you're going to get really good at being depressed. And if you spend lots of time practising being happy, you're going to get better at being happy.

Your happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great people.

I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.

For me, the only sources of moral values are the pursuit of understanding and the pursuit of happiness.

Seek first what is true and of value, and then whatever happiness follows will be of the appropriate quantity and, more importantly, quality.

Everyone needs resilience. It's a virtue essential to growth and essential to happiness.

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.

Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.