Happiness is not out there for us to find. The reason that it's not out there is that it's inside us.

It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment.

If you're not happy today, then you won't be happy tomorrow unless you take things into your own hands and take action.

...The more a person is inclined to gratitude, the less likely he or she is to be depressed, anxious, lonely, envious, or neurotic.

In a nutshell, the fountain of happiness can be found in how you behave, what you think, and what goals you set every day of your life.

Find a happy person, and you will find a project.

Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities.

The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.

I prefer to think of the creation or construction of happiness, because research shows that it's in our power to fashion it for ourselves.

Every day you have to renew your commitment. Some of the strategies should become habitual over time and not a huge effort.

Forgiving people are less likely to be hateful, depressed, hostile, anxious, angry, and neurotic.

In order to approach a creation as sublime as the Bhagavad-Gita with full understanding it is necessary to attune our soul to it.

You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.

And what if there are no damsels in distress?What if I knew that, and I called your bluff?Don't you think every kitten figures out how to get down, whether or not you ever show up?

I don't write for catharsis; I have to write to understand.

Keeping a commitment to listening has led me to my own growth, beyond any imagined dreams I may have had throughout the years.

All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.

You bought me some forks. And knives. And spoons. Because you love me!

You only live once, so live a good life!

Winning the war of words inside your soul means learning to defy your inner critic.

No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.