Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

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

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.

The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.

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.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

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

True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

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

You see, antiquated ideas of kindness and generosity are simply bugs that must be programmed out of our world. And these cold, unfeeling machines will show us the way.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

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

Be kind whenever possible.It is always possible.

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