“He never felt lonliness except when he was happy.”

“A loafer never works except when there's a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.”

“He was somewhat of a loner by temperament--because though never wholly happy when alone, he was usually slightly more miserable when with other people.”

“Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.”

“One is never free except in relation to someone else. And when, the relation is based on happiness, it allows the greatest freedom in the world.”

“When he's happy, it makes you happy too.”

“A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.”

“A person obsessed with the need to be happy will never be so. The obsession is the obstruction. He does not really seek happiness, rather he seeks for a condition which matches his personal idea regarding the nature of happiness. But happiness is not a mere idea, for one idea will always have competition from another idea. The is why the unhappy man chases for ever from one attraction to another. Happiness will come when he stops chasing, that is, when he stops thinking that an idea about happiness is the same as happiness. A man enjoying the sunshine does so without analysing it.”

“Walking back to happiness with you,
Said farewell to lonliness I knew,
Laid aside foolish pride,
Learnt the truth from tears I cried.”

“He had the kind of handshake that ought never to be used except as a tourniquet.”