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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. "

Martin Scorsese

Happiness

Opportunity

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" From their teenage years on, children are considerably more capable of causing parents unhappiness than bringing them happiness. That is one reason parents who rely on their children for happiness make both their children and themselves miserable. "

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" There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production. "

" There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy. "

" It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy. "

" Desire nothing, give up all desires and be happy. "

" How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. "

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

" Defender of the liberty that I idolize, myself more free than anyone, in coming as a friend to offer my services to this intriguing republic, I bring to it only my frankness and my good will; no ambition, no self-interest; in working for my glory, I work for their happiness. "

" I have this really high priority on happiness and finding something to be happy about. "

" Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. "

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" Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. "

" Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness. "

" What is happiness? Happiness, I think, has to come in the beginning, truly, from feeling a sense of well-being within yourself. "

" The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. "

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

" Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved. "

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Loved

" I try to stress to my children that buying something never leads to true happiness. "

" 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. "

" Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness. "

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

" The mantra that you're given in Transcendental Meditation you keep to yourself. The reason being, true happiness is not out there, true happiness lies within. "

" Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. "

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" Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness. "

" The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; that all humans have innate desires for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The doctrine of the blank slate... is a totalitarian's dream. "