“The happiest life is to be without thought”

“The year that followed - was it the happiest year of his own life? He often thought so, even knowing that such a thing was foolish to claim about any year of one's life: but in his memory, that particular year held the sweetness of a time that contained no thoughts of a beginning and no thoughts of an end..”

“The happiest times in our lives are times when we are thinking the most motivating, intelligent and productive thoughts.”

“Whoever said that childhood is the happiest time of your life is a liar, or a fool.”

“Long afterward Amory thought of sophomore spring as the happiest time of his life. His ideas were in tune with life as he found it; he wanted no more than to drift and dream and enjoy a dozen new-found friendships through the April afternoons.”

“The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.”