If we chew every morsel of our food, in that way we become grateful, and when you are grateful, you are happy.

A good laugh is sunshine in the house.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.

Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.

A man’s felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.

I am in my own head most of the time.

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another’s keeping .

It is not God’s will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy.

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

Fight with a happy heart.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.

What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.

I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.

Christmas time! That man must be a misanthrope indeed, in whose breast something like a jovial feeling is not roused – in whose mind some pleasant associations are not awakened – by the recurrence of Christmas.

Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

If God treats you well by teaching you a disastrous lesson, you never forget it.

In my entire life, any time I’ve ever lost something, I’ve gotten something even better going around the next corner. It’s like one door closes and another door opens. As long as I can walk through the produce section in every grocery store in this country and eat the grapes that they’re going to throw away, I know I can be fine.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.

You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

My wife has about everything I can think of.

True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

I do not take a single newspaper, nor read one a month, and I feel myself infinitely the happier for it.

The only thing you ever have is now.

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, ‚why don’t I have a life like that too, a beautiful house, car and garden,‘ and they abandon their values.

I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.

Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God’s great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life!

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

I was a chemistry major, but I’m always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I’ve brought scientific thinking to literature. There’s been very little gratitude for this.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

I like the city. I like the concrete. I like big business. I like being a CEO of my own company and having a lot of responsibilities. At the same time, when I can go off with a backpack or off on a surfboard or even off on a run somewhere in the woods – that’s where I’m really happy.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

Home is where you feel at home and are treated well.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

Nevertheless, whether in occurrences lasting days, hours or mere minutes at a time, I have experienced happiness often, and have had brief encounters with it in my later years, even in old age.

For what Harley Street specialist has time to understand the body, let alone the mind or both in combination, when he is a slave to thirteen thousand a year?

When we give ourselves the chance to let go of all our tension, the body’s natural capacity to heal itself can begin to work.

You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.

I don’t look at my old work. I mean, they made nice books; the books were made without me, the one from last year and the one from this year. I – personally, I’m not interested in my own past. I’m only interested in today – perhaps tomorrow.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

This is not a bad life.