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" Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems. "

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" Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes. "

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" Holiness, not happiness, is the chief end of man. "

" Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. "

" Happiness is no laughing matter. "

" Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. "

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" You're not looking for perfection in your partner. Perfection is all about the ego. With soulmate love, you know that true love is what happens when disappointment sets in - and you're willing to deal maturely with these disappointments. "

" Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. "

" There is nothing that you can't overcome. So it's never too late for happiness. "

" Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. "

" Happiness is an inside job. "

" Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself. "

" Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy. "

" The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. "

" The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. "

" Happiness is the longing for repetition. "

" Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. "

" My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die. "

" My mother was a public school teacher in Virginia, and we didn't have any money, we just survived on happiness, on being a happy family. "

" I think I've been able to find happiness, and I've learned to love myself. That's a huge accomplishment for anyone, learning to love yourself. "

" When you're warm and approachable, you don't have to go up and talk non-stop to someone in a social situation. You just have to be open to the conversations you're already having - and warm and receptive to the people you're meeting. "

" Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. "

" Each day, you can awake and focus on small, easy goals you can accomplish in the short term - goals that, over time, will lead you to your long-term goal. "

" Anyone who starts piercing the bubble of happiness, get 'em out of your life. "

" When you feel stuck in a hard time, jump-start a pro-change attitude by letting go of possessions that no longer work for you - like old clothes and old shoes. "

" If you're human, you've had phases in your life when things are in flux. "

" It seems every morning I wake up to face a list of 20 things to do, with time only to do 10, and somehow I always wind up squishing in 30. "

" You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness. "

" Everyday interactions we have with other people are definitely contagious, in terms of happiness. "

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" True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others. "

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" Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. "