All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.
Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
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.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
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.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.
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.
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
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.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.
If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
