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• There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life-happiness, freedom and peace of mind-are always attained by giving them to someone else.

  Peyton C. March

  Love, Karma, Law

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• I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Wine, Simple, Glasses

  Nikos Kazantzakis, Carl Wildman (1953). “Zorba the Greek”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

  J. D. Salinger

  Inspirational, Happy, Fear

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• Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.

  Don Herold

  Inspirational, Happy, Knowing

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• Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

  William Cowper

  Inspirational, Nature, Shows

  William Cowper, John MACDIARMID (Editor of the “Dumfries and Galloway Courier.”.) (1819). “Poems ... To which is prefixed, a memoir of the author; also, critical remarks on his poems, written expressly for this work. By John M'Diarmid. Second edition, revised and extended”, p.71

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• I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

  Douglas Adams

  Inspirational, Being Happy, Happy Life

  Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.173, Del Rey

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• True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

  Joseph Addison

  Self, Talking, Next

  Joseph Addison (1721). “Remarks on several parts of Italy , &c in the years 1701, 1702, 1703. The Tatler. By Isaac Bickerstaffe, esq. The Spectator, no.1-89”, p.442

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• To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.

  John Dewey

  Work, Opportunity, Keys

  John Dewey (2015). “Democracy and Education”, p.311, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.

  James Oppenheim

  Inspirational, Positive, Happy

  James Oppenheim (1916). “War and Laughter”

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• Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.

  James M. Barrie

  Inspirational, Life, Thank You

  "Christ's Second Coming Fulfilled". Book by Marion Morris, 1917.

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• There is no path to Happiness. Happiness is the path. There is no path to Love. Love is the path. There is no path to Peace. Peace is the path.

  Dan Millman

  Love, Peace, Pathways

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• The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.

  John D. Rockefeller III

  Inspirational, Success, Happy

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• Life has many ways of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Positive, Positivity

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Nov 12, 2011

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• Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.

  Red Skelton

  Laughter, Sadness, Laughing

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• The way to find out about your happiness is to keep your mind on those moments when you feel most happy, when you really are happy-not excited, not just thrilled, but deeply happy. This requires a little bit of self analysis. What is it that makes you happy? Stay with it, no matter what people tell you. This is what I call "following your bliss."

  Joseph Campbell

  Self, People, Mind

  "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell, (p. 193), 1991.

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• I've realized that being happy is a choice.

  Angelina Jolie

  Choices, Wrong Way

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• The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

  Carl Sandburg

  Being Happy, Inner Peace, Secret

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• The more we express our gratitude to God for our blessings, the more he will bring to our mind other blessings. The more we are aware of to be grateful for, the happier we become.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Thankful, Gratitude, Grateful

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• Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

  Omar Khayyam

  Life, Happy, Positivity

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• Speak or act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Mind, Speak, Dhammapada

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• We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

  John Lennon

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Seek to do good, and you will find that happiness will run after you.

  James Freeman Clarke

  Happy, Running, Helping Others

  James Freeman Clarke (1877). “The hour which cometh, and now is: sermons”

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• Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Happy, Gratitude, Cheer

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

  Gautama Buddha

  Happy, Buddhist, Inspiration

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  Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Love, Life, Positive

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.340, Penguin

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