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

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" I've always been able to transform happiness and pain and sorrow and tears into positive energy. "

" We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true. "

" The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion. "

" Happiness is a state of mind, you know. I don't think you are permanently happy. One is happy about certain things and not so happy about others. "

" The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. "

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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 a sunbeam which may pass through a thousand bosoms without losing a particle of its original ray; nay, when it strikes on a kindred heart, like the converged light on a mirror, it reflects itself with redoubled brightness. It is not perfected till it is shared. "

" People who look at my painting say that it makes them happy, like the feeling when you wake up in the morning. And happiness is the goal, isn't it? "

" Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. "

" Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine. "

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" The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. "

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" One of the magical things about kindness is that it's what we nerds call a 'happiness aggregator.' People confuse kindness with being nice. And they're very different. You can be nice and be passive. But kindness requires action. "

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" Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled. "

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" In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation. "

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" There is the love and marriage and family kind of happiness, which is exceedingly boring to describe but nonetheless is important to have and dreadful not to have. "

" The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile. "

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" To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness. Though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless. "

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" In every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort and to diffuse their influence universally and equally. "

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" Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. "

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