The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors.
If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
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.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.
You don't have to be famous. You just have to make your mother and father proud of you.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.
There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them.
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.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.
