Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called 'All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Leisure is being allowed to do nothing.
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.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.
Happy is he who causes a scandal
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
Unless you make a daily effort to see the world as God sees it, you will never get beyond mere appearances.
Happiness can exist only in acceptance.
It is of practical value to learn to like yourself. Since you must spend so much time with yourself you might as well get some satisfaction out of the relationship.
Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.