When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.
Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think
Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
