Happy is the house that shelters a friend.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight for the ends of being and ideal grace.

I have yet to find a man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism.

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.

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

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

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

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation of favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

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

Every heart sings a song incomplete, until another heart whispers back.

Intelligent people tend to have less friends than the average person. The smarter you are, the more selective you become.

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.

There are three great friends: an old wife, and old dog, and ready money.

Be grateful that on this raging sea you have a mind to guide you.

No duty is more urgent than giving thanks.

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There’s no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

May your troubles be less and your blessings be more.

There are two ways to get enough: One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.

Hold every moment sacred. Give each clarity and meaning, each the weight of thine awareness, each its true and due fulfillment.

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

Put your greatest possession on the tallest shelf, so if you fall you have something to reach for.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and oftentimes we call a man cold, when he is only sad.

All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy.

The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals Utility, or the Greatest Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.

I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts prosecution.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

Solitude is for me a fount of healing which makes my life worth living.

I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us.

Be alone, that is the secret of invention; be alone, that is when ideas are born.

I love people. I love my family, my children… but inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that’s where you renew your springs that never dry up.

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you do or as fast. There is a time when you didn't know what you know today.

The knowledge and skills you have achieved are meant to be forgotten so you can float comfortably in emptiness, without obstruction.

Nothing is more precious than being in the present moment. Fully alive, fully aware.

The clearest way in the Universe is through a forest wilderness.