The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

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

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

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

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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

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

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

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

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

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

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

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