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

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

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

Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

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

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.

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

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

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

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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.