Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
Be joyful because it is humanly possible.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
God is a community of persons and He has created you in His image, not as an isolated individual, but as a person whom He has invited to a communal life with Himself and with the whole human family.
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
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 for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
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.