Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
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.
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.
Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?
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.
Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.
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.
It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.
Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
