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" Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions. "

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" My message is that happiness is the first principle of life. But you must choose it. We all have pain, but suffering is a choice. You can be happier if you make some changes in your life. "

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" Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind. "

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" I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness. "

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" Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. "

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" A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. "

" Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us. "

" Our democracy is dependent on people who passionately cherish the ideals of a democracy. Every man is created equal with an inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It's a wonderful idea, and it takes people who cherish that idea to be actively involved in the process. "

" People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness. "

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" Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery. "

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" It's in responsibility that most people find the meaning that sustains them through life. It's not in happiness. It's not in impulsive pleasure. "

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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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" I equate physical activity with happiness not just from the perspective of producing endorphins but also from the perspective of really moving through emotions and getting stagnant energy to move through our body. "

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