Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

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.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

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.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

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.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

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

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

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

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