The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Happiness for a reason is just another form of misery because the reason can be taken away from us at any time.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
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.
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.
From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Manifest plainness, Embrace simplicity, Reduce selfishness, Have few desires.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude
Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.
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.
Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.
Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
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.
