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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. "

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" Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization. "

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

" Good clothing is a passport to happiness. "

" True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature. "

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" My happiness doesn't come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. "

" I just try to write what I think would really happen, and with grief and tragedy, there are these naturally occurring moments of levity and humor and absurdity. I think that's what life is really like. Sadness gets interrupted, and happiness gets interrupted. "

" 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. "

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

" The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . "

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

" Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. "

" I don't have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like looking out into my backyard and seeing deer in the fields. "

" You know that your happiness and suffering depend on the happiness and suffering of others. That insight helps you not to do wrong things that will bring suffering to yourself and to other people. "

" Happiness depends upon ourselves. "

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

" I believe happiness is a chemical imbalance - it's a silly thing to strife for. But satisfaction - if you seek satisfaction, you can succeed. Satisfaction is knowing that you're doing the best that you can do; you're living your life to the fullest. "

" To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it. "

" Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. "

" The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. "

" The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look or heartfelt compliment. "

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" True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. "

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" Happiness consists not in having much, but in being content with little. "

" The goal of a life free of dysphoria is a snare and a delusion. A better goal is of good commerce with the world. Authentic happiness, astonishingly, can occur even in the presence of authentic sadness. "

" The secret of happiness is something to do. "

" It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. "

" The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy. "

" When you're happy you find pure joy in your life. There are no regrets in this state of happiness - and that's a goal worth striving for in all areas of your life. "

" Our happiness is certainly mixed in with the tragedies of life. You have to find the lemonade. You have to find the silver lining in the middle of everything that happens in life. "

" Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. "

" True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. "