A grateful heart is a beginning of greatness. It is an expression of humility. It is a foundation for the development of such virtues as prayer, faith, courage, contentment, happiness, love, and well-being.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.

It's not like I force myself to think of sad things, but... it's more that I make music because it makes me happy.

If I don't make it, I'll be very sad that there are things I didn't do, but I'm happy that I've done what I have.

There are some things that you can fulfil with money, but at the end of the day these are not the things that make you happy. It is the small things that make life good.

I'm happy that I took time off to become a mom and raise my daughter properly and build a bond between the two of us.

It's funny because being comedic and happy and lighthearted is who I am as a person, so they're easier emotions for me to connect with.

Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear.

We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.