Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
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.
Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
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.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
Be joyful because it is humanly possible.
If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
