Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
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.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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.
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
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.
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.