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

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

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way.

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.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

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

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

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

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

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

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

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.

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

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

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

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.