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.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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.

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

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.