
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”
Evolution (1895; 1909)
Context: Yet happy we lived and happy we loved,
And happy we died once more;
Our forms were rolled in the clinging mold
Of a Neocomian shore.
The eons came and the eons fled
And the sleep that wrapped us fast
Was riven away in a newer day
And the night of death was past.
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”
As quoted in Dig, Plant, and Grow! (2009) by Louise Spilsbury, p. 13
Other
“When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.”
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“We have everything we need to be happy, but we aren't happy. Something's missing.”
“Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.”
Source: Running from Safety: An Adventure of the Spirit
“The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.”
Variant: Life's great happiness is to be convinced we are loved.
Source: Les Misérables