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.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

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

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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?