There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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

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.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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

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

All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

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

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.