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

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

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.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

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.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.

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

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

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

Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.