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

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.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.

Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.

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

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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 is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

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

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.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.