I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

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.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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.

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

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

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

God is a community of persons and He has created you in His image, not as an isolated individual, but as a person whom He has invited to a communal life with Himself and with the whole human family.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

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

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

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.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

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