Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

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.

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

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.

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

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.

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

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.

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

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

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.