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.
You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way.
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
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.
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
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.
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
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.
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.
