"Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence." ― Maurice Maeterlinck Topic(s): Happiness More From Maurice Maeterlinck "It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom." "Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness." "When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough." More In Happiness "All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible."― Orison Swett Marden "To be able to throw one’s self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman’s smile – that is happiness."― Hermann Hesse "There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness."― John Buchan