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

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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.

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.

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

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

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

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

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

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

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

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.