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" The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. "

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" As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus. "

" 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. "

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" There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. "

" I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do. "

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" The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness. "

" There is absolutely nothing in this world that will provide more comfort and happiness than a testimony of the truth. "

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" Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes. "

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" Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. "

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" Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. "

" When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses. "

" In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it. "

" 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. "

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" We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public. "

" I'm an inherently happy person. It comes from the inside, which means you can achieve happiness under any circumstance. "

" Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery. "

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" I think I feel most like a princess when I'm sort of bursting with happiness and love, so whether that would be, like, with my boyfriend or my family or at a really fun party - just when you're full of life. "

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" Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult. "

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" I've never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people's lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies. "

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