Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.
A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
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.
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.