Expectations make people miserable, so whatever yours are, lower them. You’ll definitely be happier.

Later she remembered all the hours of the afternoon as happy — one of those uneventful times that seem at the moment only a link between past and future pleasure, but turn out to have...

Trust everyone and love everyone, you will never lose.

I feel as though the world is a friendly boy walking along in the sun.

I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he...

Love is the light through which we find joy and happiness.

You can be happy with money and you can be wretched with it. It depends on what kind of person you are. — A Prologue to Love

Dreams. They start in your beautiful mind. Think of beautiful things and it will manifest into actions because your body will listen to you. Like it always does.

Persistence is the pillar of success.

And in that moment of sun and joy, Lupe knew why she loved and also hated Salvador. He gave her wings. He didn’t try to lock her in, as had Jaime and the other boys...

We are happy when we have family, we are happy when we have friends and almost all the other things we think make us happy are actually just ways of getting more family and friends.

Be as bright as the sun then spread your light all over the world.

Happiness is a state of mind. It’s just according to the way you look at things.

You will be your best self when you take time to understand what you really need, feel and want.

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

You, of all people, deserve a happy ending. Despite everything that happened to you, you aren’t bitter. You aren’t cold. You’ve just retreated a little and been shy, and that’s okay. If I were a...

Holding on to positive thoughts and beliefs is your only guarantee to a happy life.

I want to thank everyone and everything,every sunrise and every sunset,every abundance and every beauty,every tragedy and every triumph,every sadness and every happiness,every moment and every experiencethat we call life deserves my deepest gratitude.

please believe that things are good with me, and even when they’re not, they will be soon enough. And i will always believe the same about you.

Happiness is what happens when your thoughts and beliefs are constantly working in your favor.

If you can’t trust others, nobody will be able to trust you.

Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way that’s consistent with those beliefs.

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

Follow your heart, don’t fear changes. Heart changes its content every second with love.

Joy is a gift given not an emotion earned.

Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that...

I’ve watched my dad move our family from extreme poverty to extreme wealth and then everywhere in between. Never once did I see or hear him be anything but a cheerleader for the accomplishments of...

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

There are random moments – tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing...

No one can define you except your actions.

Fifteen years ago, a business manager from the United States came to Plum Village to visit me. His conscience was troubled because he was the head of a firm that designed atomic bombs. I listened...

Embrace your imperfections.Fancy your flaws.Flaunt your blemishes.Adore your birthmarks.Laugh off glitches.Discuss your setbacks.Don’t call your mistakes ‘Regrets’Call them ‘Lessons

Work like it is your passion, vision, and mission. Love like you are drunk with love without intermission.

There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.

Happiness is not only a hope, but also in some strange manner a memory … we are all kings in exile.

Give yourself wherever you can, whenever you can. You will have more to give and share again and again.

The victim mindset dilutes the human potential. By not accepting personal responsibility for our circumstances, we greatly reduce our power to change them.

If you don’t believe others can end your suffering, why believe they can end your happiness?

Take action today and at this moment.

You are the point of origin for everything in your world: you set the standard for yourself.

People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you’re fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for...

Just believe; believe in yourself; believe in your ability. Things will be possible; things will be simple; things will be a reality.

The path to freedom is illuminated by the bridges you have burned, adorned by the ties you have cut, and cleared by the drama you have left behind. Let go. Be free.

But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?

The human mind is an uninvented field and the source of unlimited resources.

The process of discovering your greatest self is of refinement, not adding. The best way to reconnect with your freedom is to look at the rules you have that govern and hinder it.

Forgetfulness is the beginning of happiness as fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Success is a way of life that has meaning and purpose.

There is nothing better for your family than for you to be at your best, for you to be at your own peace, for you to be showing them in every way who you are,...

Doubt is an acceptable risk for happiness.