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.

But happiness is no respecter of persons.

I never admired another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

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.

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.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

We were together. I forget the rest.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

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

No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.

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

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

Morality is not properly the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

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

All who would win joy, must share it; happiness was born a twin.