“All the happiness in this world arises from wishing others to be happy; all the suffering arises from wishing oneself to be happy.”

I find ecstasy in living; the mere sense of living is joy enough.

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

A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, a Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread — and Thou.

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.