Make Happiness

A clear conscience is a prerequisite for happiness. You can have more money than you could ever spend, live in a beautiful house, have a sports car collection rivaling Jay Leno’s — and if your conscience is burdened, you will not be happy.
This is a human trait and one which seems fairly universal. [...]

“It is not the level of prosperity that makes for happiness but the kinship of heart to heart and the way we look at the world. Both attitudes are within our power . . . a man is happy so long as he chooses to be happy, and no one can stop him.”