The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude
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.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
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.
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy
Be joyful because it is humanly possible.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
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.
