Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.