Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.

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

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

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

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

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

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.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

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

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

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

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

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

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

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.