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" Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class. "

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

" Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy. "

" Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and she'd say: 'Certainly my angel, my wee bundle of happiness, hold my beer while I fetch me banjo.' "

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

" I have my moments. Ever since I was a boy, I never was someone who was at ease with happiness. Too often I embrace introspection and self-doubt. I wish I could embrace the good things. "

" I've learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it. "

" Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good. "

" Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. "

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" 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 going to be priorities and multiple dimensions of your life, and how you integrate that is how you find happiness. "

Denise Morrison

" Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. "

" Life is life, and one has experiences that are painful and some that are very pleasant, and one has reward and sacrifice and more reward and disappointment and joy and happiness, and it's always going to be the same. "

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" I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress. "

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" Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. "

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" Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all. "

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" Happiness is an inside job. "

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" My message is that happiness is the first principle of life. But you must choose it. We all have pain, but suffering is a choice. You can be happier if you make some changes in your life. "

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