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.

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

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

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

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

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

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

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

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

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

Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

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

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

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

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

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

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

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.