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" Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us. "
Henri Matisse
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" One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. "
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" One of the magical things about kindness is that it's what we nerds call a 'happiness aggregator.' People confuse kindness with being nice. And they're very different. You can be nice and be passive. But kindness requires action. "
Daniel Lubetzky
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" Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. "
Blaise Pascal
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" You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves. "
Franz Schubert
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" Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. "
William Cowper
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" Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job - not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person - not perfect, but still a work in progress. "
Alana Stewart
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" Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. "
William S. Burroughs
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" For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. "
Thomas Bulfinch
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" It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. "
Agnes Repplier
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" Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain! "
Frederick William Faber
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" Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness. "
Albert Camus
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" Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best. "
Napoleon Hill
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" The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. "
Andre Maurois
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" Do you know what absolute happiness is? For me, it is to wake up my kids in the morning - these little pieces of innocence - to wake them and find they're so happy to see me! It is unequivocal love, no question about it. "
Michael Douglas
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" Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails. "
Euripides
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" Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. "
William Blake
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" Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow. "
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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" To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. "
Henry Van Dyke
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" Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. "
Hosea Ballou
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" The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself. "
Ernest Hemingway
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" There is so much to be gained from adulthood! Feelings just become so much deeper. The feeling of sadness and loss is much deeper than when you were a kid, but the feelings of love and happiness have also so much more dimension when you get older... That is what's so hard and exciting about being a human being. "
Brie Larson
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" Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness. "
Harold Kushner
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" The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. "
Joseph Roux
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" To forget oneself is to be happy. "
Robert Louis Stevenson
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" The only thing that holds true happiness is that moment when you're in it. Nothing can be controlled. "
Eliza Doolittle
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" I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health and contributes to your look. "
Christie Brinkley
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" Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. "
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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" We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. "
Honore de Balzac
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" Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning. "
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" Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life. "
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