"Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence." ― Maurice Maeterlinck Topic(s): Happiness More From Maurice Maeterlinck "When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough." "Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness." "All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than animals that know nothing." More In Happiness "I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."― John Stuart Mill "He who avoids complaint invites happiness."― Abu Bakr "Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable."― Samuel Johnson