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

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

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.

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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

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

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.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

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

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.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

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

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.