I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

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.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

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

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

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.

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.

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

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

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

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

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.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.