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" I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving. "

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" Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself. "

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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

" The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. "

" Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. "

" Your happiness is at the intersection of your passions and learning from great people. "

" Such happiness as life is capable of comes from the full participation of all our powers in the endeavor to wrest from each changing situations of experience its own full and unique meaning. "

" Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. "

George Washington

" In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy? "

" Why love if losing hurts so much? I have no answers anymore; only the life I have lived. The pain now is part of the happiness then. "

Anthony Hopkins

" My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations. "

" That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. "

" 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. "

" Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. "

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" An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. "

" I know nothing worth the living for but usefulness and the service of my fellow-creatures. The only object I pursue is to increase, as far as lies in my power, the quantity of their knowledge and goodness and happiness. "

" 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. "

" There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production. "

" Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give. "

" We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. "

Charlie Chaplin

" A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. "

" Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. "

" Do you know what absolute happiness is? For me, it is to wake up my kids in the morning - these little pieces of innocence - to wake them and find they're so happy to see me! It is unequivocal love, no question about it. "

Michael Douglas

" You can be happy where you are. "

" Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness? "

" 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. "

Jordan Peterson

" 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. "

" The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. "

Benjamin Franklin

" I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome. "

" Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places. "