"True happiness is found in unselfish Love, A love which increases in proportion as it is shared."
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"True happiness for human beings is possible only to those who develop their godlike potentialities to the utmost."
"Man's only true happiness is to live in hope of something to be won by him."
"...there is no such thing as finding true happiness by searching for it directly. It must come, if it come at all, indirectly, or by the service, the love, and the happiness we give to others."
"Through embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness."
"What is a logical mind?... It is the antiseptic which destroys the bacilli of unreason whereby true happiness is vivified."
"True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing."
"True happiness is not related to external conditions but comes from the unconditioned."
"True happiness brings more richness than all the money in the world."
"True happiness springs from moderation. [Ger., Aus Massigkeit entspringt ein reines Gluck.]"
"True happiness comes from the realization that God has already made available everything we will ever need."
"True happiness springs from moderation."
"True happiness is found in simple, seemingly unremarkable things."
"People assume that happiness stems from collecting things outside of yourself, whereas true happiness stems from removing things from inside of yourself"
"True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it."
"For true happiness, it is not enough to be successful oneself . . . one's friends must fail."