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

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

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.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

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

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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

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

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

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

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

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

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

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