Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

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.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

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.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

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

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 for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

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.

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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

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

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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