"To have the sense of creative activity is the great happiness and the great proof of being alive." ― Matthew Arnold Topic(s): Happiness More From Matthew Arnold "The true meaning of religion is thus, not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion." "Truth sits upon the lips of dying men." "The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next." More In Happiness "Happiness can exist only in acceptance."― George Orwell "For me, however, that beloved, glowing little word happiness has become associated with everything I have felt since childhood upon hearing the sound of the word itself."― Herman Hesse "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