Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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.

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

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

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.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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

All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

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

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

We were together. I forget the rest.

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

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

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

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.