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

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.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

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

Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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

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.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

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