Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
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.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
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.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
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.
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
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.
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.
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
We were together. I forget the rest.
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
