Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
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.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think
