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 person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

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

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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

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

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

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

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

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

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

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

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