It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have… we always want more.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!

I feel matured in a way that I’m happy about. I’m at this other stage in my life – and it’s not a bad thing at all.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.

I would never exchange my life with anybody else’s.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

Because I know about the Holy Land, I’ve taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and – but you can’t bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.

I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying. That’s what inspired the ‚Off to the Races‘ melodies. That’s one of the times when you’re feeling electrified by someone else and they make you happy to be alive.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.

The only length of life that seems to satisfy the longings of the human heart is life everlasting.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Peace can only thrive when the climate is right. We remain open to bilateral dialogue with Pakistan on all outstanding issues in an environment free from terrorism and violence.

We fear that this moment will end, that we won’t get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.

As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

My constant prayer, my number one foreign goal, is to bring peace to Israel. And in the process to Israel’s neighbours.

To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.

Even when a person has all of life’s comforts – good food, good shelter, a companion – he or she can still become unhappy when encountering a tragic situation.

Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.

When we have peace, then we have a chance to save the planet. But if we are not united in peace, if we do not practice mindful consumption, we cannot save our planet.

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

If someone has a really great boyfriend or career, I think, it’s cool that happens.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self?

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!

Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens.

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.

Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We’re almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it’s inviting disaster.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

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

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

If you cannot concentrate, you are not so happy.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances.

Terrorists are not following Islam. Killing people and blowing up people and dropping bombs in places and all this is not the way to spread the word of Islam. So people realize now that all Muslims are not terrorists.

Real joy seems to me almost as unlike security or prosperity as it is unlike agony.

The desire to annoy no one, to harm no one, can equally well be the sign of a just as of an anxious disposition.

If selfishness is the key to being miserable, then selflessness must be the key to being happy!

How happy had it been for me had I been slain in the battle. It had been far more noble to have died the victim of the enemy than fall a sacrifice to the rage of my friends.

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

I was saluted by Alex Ferguson when I was subbed and that made me very happy.