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" To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile - that is happiness. "
Hermann Hesse
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" What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach. "
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" There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all. "
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" Money may not buy happiness, but it can damn well give it! "
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" The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction. "
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" Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. "
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" There's no greater source of happiness than giving yourself to other people. "
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" Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. "
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" I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. "
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" You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me. "
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" The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . "
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" Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own... Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy. "
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" Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you've about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don't just pursue happiness, catch it. "
Eric Idle
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" Happiness, true happiness, is an inner quality. It is a state of mind. If your mind is at peace, you are happy. If your mind is at peace, but you have nothing else, you can be happy. If you have everything the world can give - pleasure, possessions, power - but lack peace of mind, you can never be happy. "
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" I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness - it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude. "
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" It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. "
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" I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health and contributes to your look. "
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" When you know what pain is, and when you have to make a choice, you learn that it is a decision. People think it's a fairytale thing, love and happiness, but you have to work hard. And then - you feel it deeply. "
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" The thing that really matters to me is well-being and happiness. Maybe it comes from knowing people who have tortured themselves trying to meet these strangely narrow and rigorous definitions of what our culture thinks is beautiful. "
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" It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. "
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" To describe happiness is to diminish it. "
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" The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. "
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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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" The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. "
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" Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles. "
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" The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. "
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" Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. "
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" Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. "
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" One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life. "
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