But happiness is no respecter of persons.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

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.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

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

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

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

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

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

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

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

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

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

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.