Food, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.

- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826)

Happiness, Dalai Lama

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

- 14th Dalai Lama (1935- )

Happiness, Rita Mae Brown

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

- Rita Mae Brown (1944- )

Bliss, Happiness

I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

- Louise Bogan (1897–1970), US-american Poet