Man does not seek for happiness, but man is happiness himself, and when seeks for happiness it only means he is seeking for himself; he has lost himself, and wants to find himself. Happiness is not called self, but in reality happiness is the self. It is not called the self because man has confused the word "pleasure" with "happiness".

Pleasure is a shadow of happiness. It is in the absence of happiness that one pursues pleasure. Pleasure is an illusion, it is a momentary illusion which creates a picture of happiness, but which in reality is not happiness.

Therefore, man's continual pursuit is after happiness, but that happiness is man's self. If I explain it a little more it will be more clear. When man is not himself, then in whatever condition he may be placed -- it may be in the most comfortable house, it may be wealth, position, power, all he desires in the world -- still he will not be happy because he is not himself. And if a man is himself, then however further conditions may be, right or wrong, it does not matter. He will rise above all of them and still be happy; in the fire of all developments is himself.

Therefore, the greatest happiness is the knowledge of self and knowledge of knowing that one's self is happiness.