Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

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

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

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

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

We were together. I forget the rest.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

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.

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.