The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
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.
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.
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
