It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.

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

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

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

Happy is he who causes a scandal

We were together. I forget the rest.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

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

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.