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

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

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.

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

We were together. I forget the rest.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

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.

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

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

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

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