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.

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

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

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

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

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

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.

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

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

We were together. I forget the rest.

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

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.