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

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

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

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

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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

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

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.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

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

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

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.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!

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

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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