Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

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

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

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.

To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.

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.

Happiness can exist only in acceptance.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself in your way of thinking.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Happy is he who causes a scandal

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

Happiness, not in another place but this place...not for another hour, but this hour.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

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.

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

Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.