"There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will."
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"Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose."
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"You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life."
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"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement."
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"Be happy with what you have. Be excited about what you want."
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"If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have a paradise in a few years."
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"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy."
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"There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them."
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"Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels."
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"Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy."
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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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"Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness."
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"There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction."
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"If I didn’t think, I’d be much happier."
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"A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else."
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"For most people to be happy, there has to be a person, place, or thing involved in their happiness. In true happiness, there are no things involved. It's a natural state. You will abide in that state forever."
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"Perfect happiness is the absence of striving for happiness."
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"When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment."
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"The greatest source of happiness is the ability to be grateful at all times."
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"When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even."
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