My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

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

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

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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 mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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.

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

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

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion

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

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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

But happiness is no respecter of persons.