"Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character." ― George Santayana Topic(s): Happiness Tags: basis, character More From George Santayana "To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring." "To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography." "The love of all-inclusiveness is as dangerous in philosophy as in art." More In Happiness "Every happiness is a hostage to fortune."― Arthur Helps "I had to try and find a way to express happiness without sounding corny."― Daniel Johns "Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking."― Milton Glaser