Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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.
We were together. I forget the rest.
Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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.
From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.
Happy is he who causes a scandal
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
Be joyful because it is humanly possible.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.