I am one of the happiest people I know. And that's a weird place to have arrived at from being a depressed Jewish kid.
I feel like I'm one of the happiest people I know.
Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.
The happiest people I've found are in science. These people have three times the IQ - maybe I'm exaggerating. They have a higher IQ than I do. They love what they're doing, they have a good family life, they're satisfied.
The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.
I'm happy, I would say that I'm one of the happiest people I know but I've certainly had periods of profound sadness, depression and heartache and those are the kind of things that are interesting to me to write about.
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
It may sound too good to be true, but once you've seen the happiest people in your life who have nothing, you really start rethinking what the world, and society, tells us that we need to be happy.
Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.