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

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.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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

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

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

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

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

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

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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

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

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.