The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.
Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
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.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
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.
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy
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.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Happy is he who causes a scandal