If you want happiness
for an hour...take a nap.

If you want happiness
for a day...go fishing.

If you want happiness
for a month...get married.

If you want happiness
for a year...inherit a fortune.

If you want happiness
for a lifetime...help someone else.

~Chinese Proverb~



The world is in desperate
need of human beings whose own
level of growth is sufficient
to enable them to learn to live
and work with others cooperatively
and lovingly, to care for others,
not for what those others can do
for you or for what they think
of you, but rather in terms
of what you can do for them.

~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross~



We aspire to act with the
eyes and heart of compassion.
We know that the happiness of
others is our own happiness.
We know that every word,
every look, every action,
and every smile can bring
happiness to others.

~Thich Nhat Hahn~



The fragrance of the rose
lingers on the hand of the giver.

~Anonymous~