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" One can make no better investment than the cultivation of a taste for the beautiful, for it will bring rainbow hues and enduring joys to the whole life. It will not only greatly increase one's capacity for happiness, but also one's efficiency. "

Orison Swett Marden

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" The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty. "

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

" Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain. "

" To the European, it is a characteristic of the American culture that, again and again, one is commanded and ordered to 'be happy.' But happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. One must have a reason to 'be happy.' "

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

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" Altruism raises your mood because it raises your self-esteem, which increases happiness. Plus, giving to others gets you outside of yourself and distracts you from your problems. "

" Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss. "

" Of how much real happiness we cheat our souls by preferring a trifle to God! We have a general intention of living religion; but we intend to begin tomorrow or next year. The present moment we prefer giving to the world. "

" We make the world we live in and shape our own environment. "

" Eventually, we reach the point where we start to realize that we are not going to find peace, contentment, happiness, strength, fearlessness - all of the things that in our heart of hearts we wish we had - outside of us. "

" You know it's love when all you want is that person to be happy, even if you're not part of their happiness. "

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" When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit. "

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

" 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. "

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