One is happy as a result of one's own efforts once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.

Quote by George Sand

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to...

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to...

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you...

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you...

There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.

There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment;...

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment;...

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

I have no enthusiasm for nature which the slightest chill will not instantly destroy.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has...

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has...

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

Love is more tiring than friendship for it demands continuous proofs

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born...

I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born...

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the...

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the...

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last...

Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last...

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort...

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort...