Blessed Quote by William Congreve

True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.

— Aristotle

“Only a fool can be happy. For happiness consists of two contradictory elements: contentment and pleasure. Enjoy pleasure and you have no contentment; be…

— Anonymous

Happiness is the reward of virtue.

— Aristotle

Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool's paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness.

— Bertrand Russell

Happiness is your own treasure because it lies within you.

— Prem Rawat

We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.

— Hans Christian Andersen

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy…

— Oscar Wilde

The wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others.

— Dennis Weaver

Happiness cannot be the reward of virtue; it must be the intelligible consequence of it.

— Walter Lippmann

Without virtue, happiness cannot be.

— Thomas Jefferson

“As I focus on diligent joy, I also keep remembering a simple idea my friend Darcey told me once -- that all the sorrow…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

Happiness comes from theperfect practice of virtue.

— Aristotle