"...happiness is not of yesterday, happiness is not a product of time, happiness is always in the present, a timeless state."

The First and Last Freedom, p.132


"Do you know what it means to depend on somebody for your happiness? It is not the mere physical dependence on another which is so binding, but the inward, psychological dependence from which you derive so-called happiness; for when you depend on somebody in that way, you become a slave."

Think on These Things


"...a happy man is not concerned whether he is rich or poor, he does not care to what level of society he belongs, to what caste or to what country. He has no leaders, no gods, no temples, no churches and therefore no quarrels, no enmity."

The First and Last Freedom, p.248


"We are discontented because we think we should be contented."

On Right Livelihood, p.111