“Happiness simply cannot be relied upon as a measure of success.”
“It is simply service that measures success.”
“Happiness is a measure of one's fill of not physical success, but of mental and spiritual success.”
“Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.”
“Why did I hope we would be happy abroad? A change of environment is that traditional fallacy upon which doomed loves, and lungs, rely.”
“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.”