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" Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization. "

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" The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it. "

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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. "

" A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. "

" It's part of life to have obstacles. It's about overcoming obstacles; that's the key to happiness. "

" I think a lot of people think I'm either unintelligent because I'm a very happy person and I have a lot of energy or that it's a fake happiness, like fake energy. I completely understand that because it's a lot to handle, and I am a very emotional human being. "

" In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it. "

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

" Since our society equates happiness with youth, we often assume that sorrow, quiet desperation, and hopelessness go hand in hand with getting older. They don't. Emotional pain or numbness are symptoms of living the wrong life, not a long life. "

" It's up to you to be responsible for how you feel if you're not happy. Your happiness lies in your hands. You can't rely on a man to make you happy or complete you. That starts with you. "

" Any commands which Congress may have for me shall be cheerfully executed by one of their earliest soldiers, whose happiness it is to think that, at a less smiling moment, he had the honor to be adopted by America, and whose blood, exertions, and affections will in her good times, as they have been in her worst, be entirely at her service. "

" Life is life, and one has experiences that are painful and some that are very pleasant, and one has reward and sacrifice and more reward and disappointment and joy and happiness, and it's always going to be the same. "

" Power, after love, is the first source of happiness. "

" I think the pursuit of happiness is the pursuit of reality because illusion never leaves us ultimately happy. "

" To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. "

" Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. "

" Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn't-fair results, it turns out that the happy outperform the less happy. Happy people work more hours each week - and they work more in their free time, too. "

" To me, flowers are happiness. "

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" The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within. "

" Happiness is a choice. You can choose to be happy. There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether you let it affect you or not. "

" The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion. "

" All, all is theft, all is unceasing and rigorous competition in nature; the desire to make off with the substance of others is the foremost - the most legitimate - passion nature has bred into us and, without doubt, the most agreeable one. "

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" Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. "

" I have a wish for world peace and the truth. I would like to see a society that will bring happiness to all life forms. Of course, to the Nazis, I appear a rebel, but to the rebels, I appear like a normal person from Venus. "

" Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and she'd say: 'Certainly my angel, my wee bundle of happiness, hold my beer while I fetch me banjo.' "

" Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success. "

" The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. "

" 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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" Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy. "

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" No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. "