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

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 purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

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

He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.

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

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

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

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

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

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

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