Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

We were together. I forget the rest.

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

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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

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

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

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

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

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

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