The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

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.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

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

We were together. I forget the rest.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

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

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

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

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

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.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.