The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions.
I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.
Don't find a reason to smile. Find a way.
Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
The sad thing is most people have to check with someone before they do the things that make them happy. We're all passing through; the least we can do is be happy, and the only way to do that is by being selfish.
All I have is a voice to undo the folded lie, the romantic lie in the brain of the sensual man-in-the-street and the lie of Authority whose buildings grope the sky: There is no such thing as the State and no one exists alone; Hunger allows no choice to the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die.
By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want.
Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.
Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy.
Joy multiplies when it is shared among friends, but grief diminishes with every division. That is life.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
There is nothing wrong with loving the crap out of everything. Negative people find their walls. So never apologize for your enthusiasm. Never. Ever. Never.
Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.
Fear not; only believe. This is a time to make resolutions that will be binding upon you. This is a season to set standards that will hold you to the right course and make you happy now and in the years that follow.