Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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.

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

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

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.

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

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

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

Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.

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

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

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

Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.