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" I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness. "

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" Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more. "

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" Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. "

" I have an odd theory on happiness, and it bothers people. My general theory is that happiness is a reward for an animal doing what it should be doing. So if a horse runs, it feels happy. Or if you are too thin, you can't be happy, because evolution wants you to be tense and anxious, trying to wake up in the morning looking for food. "

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" Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. "

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" Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory. "

Norman Vincent Peale

" Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. "

" Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy. "

" The existence of slavery cast the shadow of hypocrisy over the otherwise noble proclamation of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in our Declaration of Independence. "

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" I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about. "

" In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness. "

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" The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction. "

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" There's no greater source of happiness than giving yourself to other people. "