We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
Beauty is the promise of happiness.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
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.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.
