Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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

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.

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.

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

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

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

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

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.

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

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.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.

God is a community of persons and He has created you in His image, not as an isolated individual, but as a person whom He has invited to a communal life with Himself and with the whole human family.

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.