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.

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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

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

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

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

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.

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

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.