Hermann Hesse
Novelist, Poet
"Happiness is a how; not a what. A talent, not an object."
You Make Me Happy quotes
You Make Me Happy
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Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Philosopher
"Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation."
Helen Keller
Author, Activist
"The simplest way to be happy is to do good."
Friedrich Schiller
Playwright, Poet
"Happy he who learns to bear what he cannot change."
Dale Carnegie
Author, Speaker
"Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, 'I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.' That is why dogs make such a hit. They are so glad to see us that they almost jump out of their skins. So, naturally, we are glad to see them."
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"The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others."
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"We begin from the recognition that all beings cherish happiness and do not want suffering. It then becomes both morally wrong and pragmatically unwise to pursue only one's own happiness oblivious to the feelings and aspirations of all others who surround us as members of the same human family. The wiser course is to think of others when pursuing our own happiness."
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"The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight."
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"Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you."
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"This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time."
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"I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives."
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