Backpacking Quote by Horace Kephart

We deeply need the humility to know ourselves as the dependent members of a great community of life, and this can indeed be one…

— Howard Zahniser

To be thoroughly and abidingly happy is not only to get what we all instinctively desire, but to fulfill the purpose of our nature.

— George Hodges (theologian

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

— Dalai Lama

Nature teaches us simplicity and contentment, because in its presence we realize we need very little to be happy.

— Mark Coleman

The desire for total happiness and for ultimate freedom lies dormant in everyone. It is in the form of a seed. It is like…

— Rajneesh

If one's life is simple, contentment has to come. Simplicity is extremely important for happiness. Having few desires, feeling satisfied with what you have,…

— Dalai Lama

Happiness is a good that nature sells us.

— Voltaire

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

— Jack White

Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is…

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we…

— Saint Augustine

Happiness is... the grace of being permitted to unfold... all the spiritual powers planted within us.

— Franz Werfel

“the love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the…

— Edward Abbey