Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.
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.
You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.
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.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
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.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
