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" Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. "

George Washington

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" Perfect happiness is a beautiful sunset, the giggle of a grandchild, the first snowfall. It's the little things that make happy moments, not the grand events. Joy comes in sips, not gulps. "

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" There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. "

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" Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time. "

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" Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. "

" The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. "

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" To apply Kim Jong Il's patriotism means to thoroughly materialize the General's intentions and desires for the prosperity of the country and the happiness of all generations to come and to carry on all work for achieving the prosperity of the country in the way he did. "

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" Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. "

" I don't like the word 'balance.' To me, that somehow conjures up conflict between work and family... as long as we think of these things as conflicting, we will never have happiness. True happiness comes from integration... of work, family, self, community. "

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" The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness. "

" The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. "