Even when we’re happy in the normal sense of smiling and cheerful, it’s because part of the mind is at peace. Things fit together.

"The Pali word sukha, which is ordinarily translated as happiness, actually has a very wide range of meanings: bliss, happiness, pleasure, ease, well-being. Take your pick. But the essence of what the Buddha is getting at as he talks about happiness as a goal, nibbana as the highest sukha, is in his statement that there is no happiness, there is no sukha, other than peace. That’s because it’s peace of the mind that gives well-being. Even when we’re happy in the normal sense of smiling and cheerful, it’s because part of the mind is at peace. Things fit together."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Peace vs. Clinging"

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