From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
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 think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.