 Try to be happy in this very present moment; and put not off being so to a time to come; as though that time should be of another make from this, which is already come, and is ours. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| Comparison, more than reality, makes men happy or wretched. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| He is happy that knoweth not himself to be otherwise. Author: Thomas Fuller |
| If I cannot in honest happiness take the second place (or the twentieth); if I cannot take the first without making a fuss about my unworthiness, then I know nothing of Calvary love. Author: Amy Carmichael |
| Happiness and comfort stream immediately from God himself, as light issues from the sun; and sometimes looks and darts itself into the meanest corners, while it forbears to visit the largest and the noblest rooms. Author: James H. Aughey |
| Happiness without peace is temporal; peace along with happiness is eternal. Author: James H. Aughey |
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| Let us be sure that our delights exclude not the presence of God: we may please ourselves so long as we do not displease Him. Author: Thomas Adams |
| Sometimes the joy which floods the soul overflows into the spirit, inducing the believer to think he is the happiest person in the world; at other times sorrow pervades and he becomes the most unhappy person. A soulish Christian frequently encounters such experiences. Author: Watchman Nee |
| There is within every soul a thirst for happiness and meaning. Author: Thomas Aquinas |
| Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will. Author: Thomas Aquinas |
| Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures. Author: Thomas Aquinas |
| Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life. Author: William Cowper |
