“All will be lost apart from happiness.”

“God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.”

Clive Staples Lewis book Mere Christianity

“Shakespeare is the happy hunting ground of all minds that have lost their balance.”

James Joyce Ulysses

“The lost glove is happy.”

Vladimir Nabokov book Pale Fire

“Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.”

Anne Frank (1929–1945) victim of the Holocaust and author of a diary

“Everything was lost except happiness.”

Jacques Prevért (1900–1977) French poet, screenwriter

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”

Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880) French writer (1821–1880)

“Where is all the porn coming from?! Why isn't the Christian right talking about porn?! Cause they want us to be jerking off by ourselves! They know they can't get to us; we're lost to them, but at least it'll keep us in our apartments!”

Marc Maron (1963) Comedian

“All the suffering there is in this world arises from wishing our self to be happy. All the happiness there is in this world arises from wishing others to be happy.”

Šantidéva (685–763) 8th-century Indian Buddhist monk and scholar

“Happiness is lost by criticizing it; sorrow by accepting it.”

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist