Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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

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

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

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

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

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

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

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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

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.

Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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.

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

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

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

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

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