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" To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for. "

Henry Van Dyke

Service

World

Sail

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Gratitude

Thought

Thankful

" Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. "

" Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness. "

" The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. "

" Whenever you choose power over love, you will never find true happiness. "

" Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun. "

" Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow. "

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

" With happiness as with health: to enjoy it, one should be deprived of it occasionally. "

" Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. "

" Bosses should sanction the nap rather than expect workers to power on all day without repose. They might even find that workers' happiness - or what management types refer to as 'employee satisfaction results' - might improve. "

" My happiness is not dependent on others; it comes from within. Spiritual growth in a person is never encouraged, but it is important. I don't know why people want to judge others instead of doing their own thing. I firmly feel that I don't need to follow or live according to other people's rules. I like living life the way I want to. "

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" In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence. "

" A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of. "

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People

Happiness

" The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. "

" Happiness is perhaps painlessness, a state one rarely appreciates. Happiness, then, is very much like a great talent. It rarely gets appreciated and is taken for granted. "

" I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness. "

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People

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" Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties. "

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