It's not insincere to say you're happy if your determined to make it true and live in that consciousness.

The "kingdom of heaven" to which he referred was the state of God-consciousness, not the beautiful astral heavens that most people visualize, where virtuous souls go after death.

Self-acceptance comes from meeting life's challenges vigorously. Don't numb yourself to your trials and difficulties, nor build mental walls to exclude pain from your life. You will find peace not by trying to escape your problems, but by confronting them courageously. You will find peace not in denial, but in victory.

Don't live to be unhappy, live to be happy. If you live to be happy you'll find the things that make you happy. And as you do that you find that sharing with others makes you much happier than taking from them.

You can accept it that it may be true what somebody else says, but until you have experienced it, it is not dynamic to your own awareness.

The secret of friendship is expressing kindness with your eyes and through the tone of your voice, not only with words.

To be happy, you must live in, but not for, the present moment.