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" The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment. "

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

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" What an uncertain thing, marriage - what an elusive thing, happiness! "

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" Anguish over the loss of a loved one or feelings of helplessness have complex roots. But in the end, they make you feel bad because they adjust your brain's chemistry. Happiness and its opposite are both electro-chemical reactions; those reactions are temporary and ineffable and could even have hidden benefits. "

" You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. "

" If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort. "

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" Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. "

" There is nothing that you can't overcome. So it's never too late for happiness. "

" Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. "

" Happiness is a by-product. You cannot pursue it by itself. "

" Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. "

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