Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
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.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.
Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.