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" Kind words produce happiness. How often have we ourselves been made happy by kind words, in a manner and to an extent which we are unable to explain! "

Frederick William Faber

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" It is for others one must learn to do everything; for there lies the secret of happiness. "

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" We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. "

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" 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. "

Marcus Aurelius

" You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. "

" You'd think true masculinity was just calm and collected happiness. So alpha male that it needs not or worries not. But typically masculine characters are always fighting, and most violence comes from some agitated level of fear and anxiety. "

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" It has always seemed to me that a love of natural objects, and the depth, as well as exuberance and refinement of mind, produced by an intelligent delight in scenery, are elements of the first importance in the education of the young. "

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" Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice. "

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

" Many a friendship, long, loyal, and self-sacrificing, rested at first on no thicker a foundation than a kind word. "

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