If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

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

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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

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

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

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

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

Be joyful because it is humanly possible.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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

Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

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