Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object: it is an end in itself; and courage consists in the readiness to sacrifice happiness for an intenser quality of life.

Life is an instinct for growth, for survival, for the accumulation of forces, for power.

Even if you're happy with the life you've chosen, you're still curious about the other options.

When the good times come around, they gallup in like wild horses. You just try to stay on them for as long as you can. And when they throw you off, you just wait in the shade until they come around again.

I just want to live happily ever after, every now and then.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.