Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Happy is he who causes a scandal
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
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.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
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.
Recommend to your children virtues, that alone can make them happy, not gold.
All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.