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.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

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

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

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

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.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

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

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

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

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.