Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

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

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

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

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

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

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

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.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

God is a community of persons and He has created you in His image, not as an isolated individual, but as a person whom He has invited to a communal life with Himself and with the whole human family.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

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

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.