Sentence examples for happiness itself from inspiring English sources

He talks about arriving at "a different definition of happiness itself", although he doesn't attempt to specify one, concluding that "these things are excruciatingly hard to put into words".

"What we need to do is pay attention to the things that make us happy – not happiness itself".

Boethius proves that God alone is happiness itself, whereas we can be happy only by participating in God (presumably in the next life: Boethius was on death row).

Memories of happiness may be stronger than happiness itself.

Other economists pointed out that happiness itself can be illusory.

But, until now, happiness itself was elusive by definition.

Particular passions like compassion are perfectly consistent with self-love, indeed Butler held that to take pleasure in benevolent and virtuous acts and view them as part of one's happiness is "itself the Temper of Satisfaction and Enjoyment".

Others wonder if the obsessive pursuit of happiness is itself making people miserable.

Will Wilkinson has been interested in this topic for years, and wrote a very interesting paper that also addresses the limitations of the field of happiness research itself.

And while employees may grumble that it takes too long for new positions to be filled, Method's culture of happiness lends itself to employees.

And happiness by itself would not be unconditionally good, because moral virtue is a condition of worthiness to be happy (5:111).