• We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.

    Andre Gide: We call "happiness" a certain set of circumstances that makes joy possible. But we call joy that state of mind and emotions that needs nothing to feel happy.
    "Pretexts: Reflections on Literature and Morality". Book by André Gide, edited by Justin O'Brien, 1964.