"We possess only the happiness we are able to understand." ― Maurice Maeterlinck Topic(s): Happiness More From Maurice Maeterlinck "Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence." "Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance." "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 "You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness."― Philip Kaufman "Happiness? No, it’s not there for me."― Robert Mapplethorpe "Happiness is good health and a bad memory."― Ingrid Bergman