"Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness." ― George Santayana Topic(s): Happiness Tags: knowledge, possible More From George Santayana "Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine." "Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it." "Wealth, religion, military victory have more rhetorical than efficacious worth." More In Happiness "The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things."― Ernest Dimnet "It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace."― George Bernard Shaw "From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable."― Dennis Prager