Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is activity.

The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.

"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."

The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness.

True happiness comes from having a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved by cultivating altruism, love and compassion, and by eliminating anger, selfishness and greed.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.

“Happiness” means mainly a sense of deep satisfaction. The object of life or our goal, then, is satisfaction.

So, if you think only of yourself, only your own happiness, the result is actually less happiness. You get more anxiety, more fear.

The moment you develop a sense of concern for others, you realize that, just like ourselves, they also want happiness; they also want satisfaction.

Everybody wants a happy life and a peaceful mind, but we have to produce peace of mind through our own practice.

We need to ask ourselves how to find happiness — it’s not in money and power.

We seek happiness in external things without realizing that they don’t help when we have problems within. We need to focus instead on the joy that comes with peace of mind that allows us to remain happy whatever happens.

The basic thing is that everyone wants happiness, no one wants suffering. And happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors. If your own mental attitude is correct, even if you remain in a hostile atmosphere, you feel happy.

Happiness doesn’t always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.

Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one’s mind is the essence of the Buddha’s teaching.

Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.

Every single being, even those who are hostile to us, is just as afraid of suffering as we are, and seeks happiness in the same way we do. Every person has the same right as we do to be happy and not to suffer. So let's take care of others wholeheartedly, of both our friends and our enemies. This is the basis for true compassion.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.

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

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

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

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warmheartedness.