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" Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I'm not even sure we can draw lessons from them. "

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" I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America. "

" Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful. "

" So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness. "

" Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. "

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" The difference between American parties is actually simple. Democrats are in favor of higher taxes to pay for greater spending, while Republicans are in favor of greater spending, for which the taxpayers will pay. "

" One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. "

" In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ. "

" Network television has been attempting to lure viewers for years with its low-interest programming only to have those viewers discover later that their brains are bankrupt. "

" Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it! "

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" Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine. "

" When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side. "

" Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. "

" Try to make at least one person happy every day. If you cannot do a kind deed, speak a kind word. If you cannot speak a kind word, think a kind thought. Count up, if you can, the treasure of happiness that you would dispense in a week, in a year, in a lifetime! "

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" Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness. "

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

" Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. "

" Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion. "

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" Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get. "

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" A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. "

" Eros is not tranquil - it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of a love affair and corresponds to the expression 'falling in love' since it is as involuntary an impulse as a physical fall. "

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" Kids are disorganized. "

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" Playing is just about feeling. Playing isn't necessarily about misery. Playing isn't necessarily about happiness. But it's just about letting yourself feel all those things that you have already on the inside of you, but you're all the time trying to push them aside because they don't make for polite conversation or something. "

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

" All religious believers should be licensed to make sure that they are competent to hold opinions and viewpoints and that they don't believe in just any old thing, such as creationism or a flat tax. "

" I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health and contributes to your look. "

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