Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
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.
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your 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.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
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.
