Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

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.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

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

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.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

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

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

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

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

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

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

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

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.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.