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

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

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

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

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

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.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.