The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

— Sean O'Casey

Congenial labor is the secret of happiness.

— A. C. Benson

I have discovered the secret of happiness. It is work.

— John Burroughs

After Ann Godoff, who was editor-in-chief at Random House, left and went to Viking, I got to know Viking and the people there, and…

— Elaine Pagels

All children find chaos congenial. Any unruliness, even by nature, advances the child's program of subverting authority.

— George Will

The Master of Ceremonies in 'Bridge and Tunnel' is a wonderful man, if I do say so myself. I talk about all the characters…

— Sarah Jones

To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Certainly the emphasis I place in this chapter on coordination of behavior and cooperation to mutual benefit is something that ought to be very…

— Robert Nozick

Congenial labor is essence of happiness.

— A. C. Benson

“He was a strange mix--congenial but reserved in a way that told you being friendly was an act of will.”

— Colson Whitehead

What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face…

— J. C. Ryle

The mysteries of death and birth occupy women far more than is the case with men, to whom political and mercantile speculations are more…

— James Stephens

I myself love getting cookbooks and novels that some congenial person has already tried and liked.

— Cheryl Mendelson

I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial.

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe