“Happiness is a function of accepting what is.”

“By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.”

“We would all say that deep down, all we want is to be happy. Yet we don’t have a realistic understanding of what happiness really is. Happiness is closer to the experience of acceptance and contentment than it is to pleasure.”

“Happiness can exist only in acceptance.”

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

“Happiness is not about getting what we want from the universe, but about how we can gratefully accept what the universe has given us.”

“Children at once accept joy and happiness with quick familiarity, being themselves naturally all happiness and joy.”

“I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a "one size fits all" standard for happiness”

“If you think that happiness means total peace, you will never be happy. Peace comes from the acceptance of the part of you that can never be at peace. It will always be in conflict. If you accept that, everything gets a lot better.”

“What parts of this function of administration should be subjected to the control of the function of politics?”