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.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

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

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

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

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

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

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

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

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.