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

Cheerfulness is that quality which enables one to make others happy. It takes its origin half in personal goodness, and half in the belief of the personal goodness of others.

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

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

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.

Forget like a child any injury done by somebody immediately. Never keep it in the heart. It kindles hatred.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

If you deliberately set out to be less than you are capable, you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

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

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

There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.

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.

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.

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

I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you're on it.

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

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

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

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.

Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.

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.