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

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.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

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

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

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

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