Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude
I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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.
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way.
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
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.
