Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
We were together. I forget the rest.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy
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.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Be joyful because it is humanly possible.