Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.

—Helen Keller

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all—the apathy of human beings.

—Helen Keller

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content.

—Helen Keller

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousand of miles and all the years you have lived.

—Helen Keller

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

—Helen Keller

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

—Benjamin Franklin

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

—Bertrand Russell

And now I have to confess the unpardonable and the scandalous. I am a happy man. And I am going to tell you the secret of my happiness. It is quite simple. I love mankind. I love love. I hate hate. I try to understand and accept.

—Jean Cocteau

I believe good things happen everyday. I believe good things happen even when bad things happen. And I believe on a happy day like today, we can still feel a little sad. And that's life, isn't it?

—Gabrielle Zevin in Elsewhere