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A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.

Thomas Merton
Happiness, Enough, Bigs
Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.1, Shambhala Publications
A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.