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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. "
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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" Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery. "
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" A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies. "
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" Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. "
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" The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. "
Jeremy Bentham
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" It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. "
Thomas Paine
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" Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. "
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" To increase the power, develop the resources and promote the happiness of a Confederacy, it is requisite there should be so much of homogeneity that the welfare of every portion would be the aim of the whole. "
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" Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect. "
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" 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. "
John Stuart Mill
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" America has believed that in differentiation, not in uniformity, lies the path of progress. It acted on this belief; it has advanced human happiness, and it has prospered. "
Louis D. Brandeis
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" The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque. "
Sai Baba
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" All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love. "
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" The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. "
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" People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. "
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" Marriage and family are ordained of God. The family is the most important social unit in time and in eternity. Under God's great plan of happiness, families can be sealed in temples and be prepared to return to dwell in His holy presence forever. That is eternal life! "
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" Success is not just making money. Success is happiness. Success is fulfillment; it's the ability to give. "
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" I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness. "
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" We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness. "
Pierre Corneille
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" Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy. "
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" Money brings some happiness. But after a certain point, it just brings more money. "
Neil Simon
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" No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself. "
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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" A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed recipe. "
George Eliot
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" The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment. "
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" I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy. "
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" I am living my dream because I get to work with my kids and watch them find their happiness. It's so rewarding - we brainstorm around a conference table and have a really great time doing it. "
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" Good clothing is a passport to happiness. "
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" Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude. "
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" The most simple things can bring the most happiness. "
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" Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul. "
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