Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
Be joyful because it is humanly possible.
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
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.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
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.
Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
