"The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose." ― John Mason Brown Topic(s): Happiness More From John Mason Brown "America is a land where men govern, but women rule." More In Happiness "Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."― Omar Khayyam "The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of."― Gilbert Murray "One mustn’t ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness."― Gustave Flaubert