„You've made a happy man very old.“

„For what imaginable purpose was man made, if not to be "happy"?“

—  Thomas Carlyle Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher 1795 - 1881

Pt. I, Bk. II, ch. 1.
1830s, The French Revolution. A History (1837)
Kontextus: For what imaginable purpose was man made, if not to be "happy"? By victorious Analysis, and Progress of the Species, happiness enough now awaits him. Kings can become philosophers; or else philosophers Kings. Let but Society be once rightly constituted,—by victorious Analysis. The stomach that is empty shall be filled; the throat that is dry shall be wetted with wine. Labour itself shall be all one as rest; not grievous, but joyous Wheat-fields, one would think, cannot come to grow untilled; no man made clayey, or made weary thereby;—unless indeed machinery will do it? Gratuitous Tailors and Restaurateurs may start up, at fit intervals, one as yet sees not how. But if each will, according to rule of Benevolence, have a care for all, then surely—no one will be uncared for. Nay, who knows but by sufficiently victorious Analysis, "human life may be indefinitely lengthened," and men get rid of Death, as they have already done of the Devil? We shall then be happy in spite of Death and the Devil.

„Elliott: "Do you want to hear a happy or a sad song?"Crowd: "Happy!"Elliott: "Old or new?"Crowd: "Old!"Elliott: "Happy and old, that's a strange choice."“

—  Elliott Smith American singer-songwriter 1969 - 2003

Lyrics, New Moon (posthumous, 2007)

„Clary and Simon continued to stare judgmentally. It made Simon very happy. Judging people together was an essential part of best friendship.“

—  Cassandra Clare American author 1973

Forrás: Born to Endless Night

„Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.“

—  Anatole France, könyv The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard

Les hommes qui se sont occupés du bonheur des peuples ont rendu leurs proches bien malheureux.
Pt. II, ch. 4
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard (1881)

„That is the secret of happiness and virtue -- liking what you've got to do.“

—  Aldous Huxley, könyv Brave New World

Forrás: Brave New World

„For it stirs the blood in an old man’s heart,
And makes his pulses fly,
To catch the thrill of a happy voice
And the light of a pleasant eye.“

—  Nathaniel Parker Willis American magazine writer, editor, and publisher 1806 - 1867

Saturday Afternoon.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919)

„It is possible, you know, to drift off to an unknown world and find happiness there. Maybe even more happiness than you've ever known before.“

—  John Boyne, könyv The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket

Forrás: The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket

„I hoped my absence made them happy or at least made them forget that they weren't happy and never will be.“

—  Carlos Ruiz Zafón, könyv The Angel's Game

Forrás: The Angel's Game

„It made you happy…“

—  Richelle Mead, könyv The Golden Lily

Forrás: The Golden Lily

„I had a happy, idyllic, old-fashioned childhood. Go to the town where I spent that childhood, you will not find my happy hours there. Yet they remain definite constituents of a divine reality about which true statements can still be made. My happy childhood was a gift my parents and the world offered to God.“

—  Charles Hartshorne Philosopher 1897 - 2000

"A hundred years of thinking about God" (1998)

„Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.“

—  Charles Dickens, könyv The Old Curiosity Shop

Forrás: The Old Curiosity Shop (1841), Ch. 12

„Happy man, happy dole.“

—  John Heywood English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs 1497 - 1580

Part I, chapter 3.
Proverbs (1546)

„what made you happy once might not make you happy now.“

—  Jodi Picoult, könyv Nineteen Minutes

Forrás: Nineteen Minutes

„A happy youth, and their old age
Is beautiful and free.“

—  William Wordsworth English Romantic poet 1770 - 1850

The Fountain, st. ?? (1799).
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

„It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.“

—  Rabindranath Tagore Bengali polymath 1861 - 1941

„I've been very lucky to have achieved a lot of the things that I dreamt of achieving as a young man. But, at the end of the day – and I truly believe this – it is not about achieving great wealth or success. Because they don't bring happiness ultimately. They really don't. What matters is whether or not you've fulfilled the idea of having led an interesting life, whether you've contributed in some way to the world around you.“

—  Leonardo DiCaprio American actor and film producer 1974

Interview: "Leonardo DiCaprio: 'wealth and success don't make you happy'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-revenant/leonardo-dicaprio-interview/ by Chloe Fox, The Telegraph (9 January 2016)

„That made me happy. That was my Anchor.“

—  Ned Vizzini, könyv It's Kind of a Funny Story

Forrás: It's Kind of a Funny Story

„She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy“

—  David Nicholls, könyv One Day

Forrás: One Day

„Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got.“

—  Rosamunde Pilcher, könyv The Shell Seekers

Forrás: The Shell Seekers