Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

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

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

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

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.

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

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

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

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

All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.

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

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