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

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

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

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

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.

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

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

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.

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.