A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.

To criticize is to appreciate, to appropriate, to take intellectual possession, to establish in fine a relation with the criticized thing and to make it one's own.

Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible. The kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full resources that are within thy reach.

O beautiful for spacious skies, For Amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed his grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Live each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.

Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power and vast possessions. Yet by this vain striving for perfection in a world where everything is relative, they wander even further away from inward peace and happiness of the mind.

Rest, nature, books, music, such is my idea of happiness.

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.