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" The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. "

Hannah Arendt

Desire

End

Living

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" In the end, you're trying to find God. That's the result of not being satisfied. And it doesn't matter how much money, or property, or whatever you've got, unless you're happy in your heart, then that's it. And unfortunately, you can never gain perfect happiness unless you've got that state of consciousness that enables that. "

" What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. "

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" Morality must relate, at some level, to the well-being of conscious creatures. If there are more and less effective ways for us to seek happiness and to avoid misery in this world - and there clearly are - then there are right and wrong answers to questions of morality. "

" 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. "

" Keep well; that is the half of wisdom and of happiness. "

" We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it. "

" The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun and joy and happiness. This is my gift. "

" Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it. "

" A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him. "

" There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so. "

" Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up. "

" There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy. "

" Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture what motherhood means to me, particularly given my medical history. "

Anita Baker

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" What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness. "

" I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness. "

" Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don't recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp. "

" There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery. "

" 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. "

" Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past. "

" It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury. "

" The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. "

" There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will. "

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

" 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. "

" Never mind your happiness; do your duty. "

" There is no happiness outside of ourselves. "

" The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it. "