Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

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

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

God is a community of persons and He has created you in His image, not as an isolated individual, but as a person whom He has invited to a communal life with Himself and with the whole human family.

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

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

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

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.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

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

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

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

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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

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

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

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

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