To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
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.
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.
Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.
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.
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude
The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.
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.
But happiness is no respecter of persons.
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.