Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Beauty is the promise of happiness.
Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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.
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
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.
Happy is he who causes a scandal
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.
Be joyful because it is humanly possible.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
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.
Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.
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.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.