True happiness...is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

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

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.

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

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

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

Happiness is a mystery like religion, and it should never be rationalized.

The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.

Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.

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

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

We were together. I forget the rest.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

God is a community of persons and He has created you in His image, not as an isolated individual, but as a person whom He has invited to a communal life with Himself and with the whole human family.

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.