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

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

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

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.

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

You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.

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

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

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

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

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 can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

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.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

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

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .

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