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

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

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.

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

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

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

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

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

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.