“Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man.”– Oswald Chambers Related Quotes “In friendship as well as love, ignorance very often contributes more to our happiness than knowledge.”– Francois de La Rochefoucauld “This happiness consisted of nothing else but the harmony of the few things around me with my own existence, a feeling of contentment and well-being that needed no changes and no intensification.”– Herman Hesse “The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.”– Marcus Aurelius