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" We possess only the happiness we are able to understand. "

Maurice Maeterlinck

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" Happiness and suffering are feelings - parts of our mind - and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we really want to be truly happy and free from suffering, we must improve our understanding of the mind. "

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

" It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys. "

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" What's the use of happiness? It can't buy you money. "

" I do believe that if you haven't learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness. "

" Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. "

Albert Schweitzer

" There is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. "

" 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. "

" When ambition ends, happiness begins. "

" Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. "

" Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything. "

" 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. "

Adoniram Judson

" Money can't buy happiness. "

" So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some. "

Booth Tarkington

" To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. "

Bertrand Russell

" We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country. "

Lal Bahadur Shastri

" 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. "

" Success to me is only two things: happiness and stability. "

" The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. "

" 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. "

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

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" When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit. "

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" Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. "

" The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. "

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

" People are not on a truth quest; they are on a happiness quest. They will continue to attend your church - even if they don't share your beliefs - as long as they find the content engaging and helpful. "

" In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one, and not to strive towards it. "

" While I voted for Mr. Trump, my confidence remains in God for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "

" 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. "