happiness is . . .

Having advised students to return to commonplace book mode, I will try to do so my self and use this blog in part to record quotations and their sources.  I'm sorry to start this with a quotation missing its source.  I scrawled the partial sentence down but neglected to included where it is from. 

Happiness is " . . . not ephemeral euphoria, but a deep and abiding sense that, despite the day's woes, all is, or will be, well.  Even when the surface waters churn, the deep currents run sure."