Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

God is a community of persons and He has created you in His image, not as an isolated individual, but as a person whom He has invited to a communal life with Himself and with the whole human family.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

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

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

We were together. I forget the rest.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.