Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

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

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

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

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

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

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

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

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

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.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

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.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

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