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.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

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

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

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

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

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

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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

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

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

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

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

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

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

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

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.