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

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.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

Different men seek ... happiness in different ways and by different means.

Remember happiness doesn't depend on who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Seek not happiness too greedily, and be not fearful of unhappiness.

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 two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

I will not be afraid because I understand... And understanding is happiness.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion

The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.

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

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.