Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

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

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.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

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.

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.

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

We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

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.

Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.