HAPPINESS
(See also Joy)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
ancient Israel: ad 712; w68 686-691
basis for: g85 3/22 4-7, 9-10; w83 3/1 3-8; g82 10/8 26-27; g82 12/22 6-8; w81 4/1 3-4, 18-20; g81 1/22 28; g81 2/8 4; g81 12/8 13; km 12/81 3; w80 4/1 28; w79 3/1 6-8; g79 8/22 7-11; w77 473-475; w73 157; w73 326-327; w72 207-208, 215-216, 243-244, 259-260, 506-507; g72 2/8 3-4; ad 712; w68 685-686
Bible a guide to: w78 9/15 4-5; gh 29-30, 32-38
cheerfulness: w78 3/1 3-4
children:
importance of discipline: w80 2/1 29
comment by Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter: g85 9/22 13
contributing factors: w81 4/1 16-17; g81 1/8 5-6; g75 6/22 3-5; w74 205; g74 8/8 5-7; w73 137, 139, 157; tp73 109-110; g73 7/22 19; g72 5/8 3-4; w71 534-535; ad 712; te 143-146; g71 9/22 3-6; w70 369-370; w69 265-267; w66 209-212, 227-228, 260, 264-265, 451-452; w65 263, 387-388; g65 6/8 4; g65 12/22 3; w64 707-708; g64 2/8 3-4, 7, 24-26; g64 4/22 3; w63 519-520; mg63 28; w62 355-356, 465; g62 1/22 27-28; g62 9/8 3-4; w61 90-91; w60 69, 675-676; w59 451; g59 4/22 3-4; w58 169-171, 337-349; g58 4/8 7-8; g58 6/8 12; g58 9/8 3-4; g57 8/8 6-7; w55 109-110, 177-182, 478, 645-647; w53 3-19, 45-47, 59-60, 460; w52 4; w51 583; g51 4/8 25-26; g51 11/8 24
appreciating what we have: g77 7/8 5-6
enjoying the present: g79 8/22 9-11
enjoying work: g77 7/8 6-7
giving: w84 11/15 15; fl 52; g78 6/8 4; g77 6/22 3-4; g77 7/8 8; g76 12/22 3-4; w71 345-346
godly devotion: w85 8/15 12-16
having a purpose in life: hp 5-9; g80 6/22 28
having meaning in one’s life: g85 3/22 6-7, 9
love: g85 3/22 9
love for Jehovah: g77 7/8 10
love for one another: g77 7/8 7-10; w76 552
relationship with Jehovah: g85 3/22 7, 9
satisfying spiritual needs: g85 3/22 5-6; w81 4/1 17-19; w77 677-678
sharing: g85 3/22 9-10
showing kindness: w78 2/15 3-6
willingness: w77 281-284
women staying married: g80 12/22 29
despite causes for sorrow: lp 94-98
discussion: g85 3/22 3-10; w84 6/15 14-19; w83 3/1 3-8; g82 10/8 26-27; w81 4/1 3-7, 16-21; g81 1/8 5-11; km 12/81 3; hp 5-191; g79 8/22 3-12; g77 7/8 3-12; w75 643-646; ad 711-712; g65 6/8 3-4; g59 4/22 3-4; w58 337-349; w55 109-110, 177-188, 645-647; w53 3-19; w52 3-4; w51 581-583
Durant’s (Will) search for: g77 7/8 9
effect on life span: g80 2/22 30
false basis for: g85 3/22 3-4; w81 4/1 6; g81 1/22 23; g81 2/8 3; g81 12/8 7-8, 10-12; w80 7/1 19; w80 7/15 10; hp 62-63, 71; g80 6/8 4; g79 8/22 3-7; w78 4/1 3; g77 7/8 3-4; g77 7/22 3-4; g77 12/8 29; w63 517-518, 520
capitalism: g81 12/8 6-7
“I am what I own”: g80 6/8 14
material prosperity: g81 12/8 9-12
pursuit of pleasure: w77 58-59
socialism: g81 12/8 8-10
status seeking: w77 323-325
technology: g81 12/8 10-11
family: w85 11/1 16-26; fl 5-190
fantasy not the way to: g84 2/8 8-11
field ministry: km 12/84 4; w82 11/1 8-9; w74 575-576
foretold at Daniel 12:12: go 134, 139-147; w60 282-283; yw 337-339; w54 337-347; w51 436-438; w39 381; w33 280; pp 128-129
Gallup poll worldwide regarding poverty and: g76 11/22 30
how maintained: g63 9/22 6-8
imperfection prevents perfect: g78 10/22 20
Jehovah’s will for man: w77 472
Jehovah’s Witnesses:
life story “From Riches to Rags—And Happiness”: g85 11/22 25-27
life story “My Search for Real Happiness”: g83 11/22 24-27
Jehovah “the happy God” (1Ti 1:11): g79 4/8 5
marriage: w85 11/1 16-21; g78 10/22 15-23; w77 549-554; w64 178-179; w63 572-575; g63 12/8 14-16
importance of couple’s talking over problems: g85 7/22 29
meaning of term: ad 711; w66 259; w62 457
new system of things: hp 188-191; g77 7/8 12; tp73 109-110; w66 167
planning for a happy future: w84 9/15 3-7
Selye’s (Dr. Hans) comment on: g80 6/22 28
Sermon on the Mount: w78 2/1 27-29; w78 2/15 8-10; w78 3/1 4-6; w75 644-646; g71 6/8 27-28; g71 6/22 27-28; g71 7/8 27-28; g71 7/22 27-28; g71 8/8 27-28; g71 8/22 27-28; g71 9/8 27-28; g71 9/22 27-28; g71 10/22 27-28
spiritual Israel: w68 697-698
study as to who are the happiest people: g84 12/22 30
surveys:
are you very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?: g82 4/22 15
ten things that promote: g79 5/8 19
what would make you happy?: g81 1/8 5
through a precious relationship: w85 4/1 4-6
truth brings: yb65 158; g62 11/8 14-15
under affliction: g63 9/22 5-8
view of Greek poet Sophocles: g77 7/8 5
wealth cannot bring: g81 12/8 9-12; w80 3/1 26-27; w78 4/1 3; g77 2/22 21-24
gold find by fisherman renounced: g80 5/8 29
lottery winners less happy than before: g77 7/8 30
Quotations
happy ones have minds fixed on happiness of others: g77 7/8 8
money doesn’t necessarily have any connection with happiness; maybe with unhappiness: w85 4/1 3
there is no way to happiness, because happiness is the way: g79 8/22 10-11
young as well as the older present an appearance of being unusually joyful: w83 7/15 10