If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.

I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

Make no mistake about why these babies are here – they are here to replace us.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.

I’m happiest with my family around me.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

An association of men who will not quarrel with one another is a thing which has never yet existed, from the greatest confederacy of nations down to a town meeting or a vestry.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it’s how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.

The Public is merely a multiplied ‚me.‘

Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

I would probably have more in common with a whale than with a bourgeois married couple employed at worthy institutions that I would wipe from the face of the earth if it was given to me to do so.

Men want to make women happy.

I’m really happy and had such an amazing time performing at Super Bowl – wish I could relive it all over again.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

We’ve arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

In my own life I know that my state of cheerfulness is a reliable gauge of my level of spiritual enlightenment at that moment. The more cheerful, happy, contented, and satisfied I am feeling, the more aware I am of my deep connection to Spirit.

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

I live in a crazy time.

Little by little, not by making big promises, I need to be calmer, read more, spend more time with my loved ones, and be more mindful about nature and environment.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

I’ve realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don’t trust my instincts – Thats when I get in trouble.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

The mainstream is always under attack.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

Perhaps it’s good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he’s happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

I used to wonder if it was God’s plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

Sitting on a bedroom floor crying is something that makes you feel really alone. If someone’s singing about that feeling, you feel bonded to that person.

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

Environment is very important to me. Sometimes I have to perform during the day for festivals, and my music does not work in the daytime. It is nighttime music.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

I believe the right question to ask, respecting all ornament, is simply this; was it done with enjoyment, was the carver happy while he was about it?

When you come to see a picture of mine, I want you to know that I’m not going to do anything that will make you uncomfortable. I want you to know that you won’t be disappointed in me.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society.

I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.

He who enjoys doing and enjoys what he has done is happy.