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" Happiness will come from materialism, not from meaning. "

Andrei Platonov

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" Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. "

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

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