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• There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.

  Alfred de Musset

  Sad, Sorrow, Remember

  "Le Saule" by Alfred de Musset,

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• What are the proper grounds for joy? Is it circumstance which will determine the stature of my spirit? Ah, no. It is choice. It is always a choice - in the face of any event - for joy.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Choices, Joy, Events

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• We know that we are happy when our mind is peaceful, and unhappy when it is not. It is therefore clear that our happiness depends upon our having a peaceful mind and not on good external conditions. Even if our external conditions are poor, if we maintain a peaceful mind all the time we shall always be happy.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Happiness, Time, Peaceful

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.33, Tharpa Publications US

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• The Zen meditative approach has a simple, unstated premise: moods and attitudes shape—determine—what we think and perceive. If we feel happy, we tend to develop certain trains of thought. If we feel sad or angry, still others. But suppose, with training, we become nonattached to distractions and learn to dampen these wild, emotional swings on either side of equanimity. Then we can enter that serene awareness which is the natural soil for positive, spontaneous personal growth, often called spiritual growth.

  James H. Austin

  Spiritual, Attitude, Sadness

  James H. Austin (1999). “Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness”, p.13, MIT Press

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• A good rule for mental conduct—think whatever it makes you truly happy to think.

  Susan Gregg

  Thinking, Truly Happy

  Susan Gregg (2007). “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Short Meditations”, p.17, Penguin

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• Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned or worn.

  Denis Waitley

  Gratitude, Grateful, Pursuit Of Happiness

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• Happiness isn't about what happens to us - it's about how we perceive what happens to us. It's the knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a setback as a challenge. If we can just stop wishing for what we don't have, and start enjoying what we do have, our lives can be richer; more fulfilled - and happier. The time to be happy is now.

  Lyn Peters

  Challenges, Wish, Negative

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• Each of us owes it to our spouse, our children, our friends, to be as happy as we can be. And if you don't believe me, ask a child what it's like to grow up with an unhappy parent, or ask parents what they suffer if they have an unhappy child.

  Dennis Prager

  Children, Growing Up, Believe

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• One road to happiness is to cultivate curiosity about everything. Not only about people but about subjects, not only about the arts but about history and foreign customs. Not only about countries and cities, but about plants and animals. Not only about lichened rocks and curious markings on the bark of trees, but about stars and atoms. Not only about your friends but about that strange labyrinth we inhabit which we call ourselves. Then, if we do that, we will never suffer a moment's boredom.

  Gerald Brenan

  Happiness, Country, Art

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• A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

  Bette Davis

  Happiness, Want, Way

  "Here’s Bette Davis Ripping Hollywood’s Gender Phobia in 1963" by Louis Virtel, uproxx.com. September 30, 2014.

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• Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to help the most vulnerable people in society. It is a goal and an essential part of my life - a kind of destiny. Whoever is in distress can call on me. I will come running wherever they are.

  Princess Diana

  Happiness, Running, Destiny

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• There is only one passion, the passion for happiness.

  Denis Diderot

  Inspirational, Happiness, Passion

  Denis Diderot (1966). “Selected Writings”, New York : Macmillan

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• A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Lying, Reality, Men

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• Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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• An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

  Maurice Maeterlinck

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.77, 谷月社

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• We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life. All that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

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• Thoughts Become Things... Choose The Good Ones!

  Mike Dooley

  Positive Thinking, Monday Morning, Thoughts Become Things

  FaceBook post by Mike Dooley from Sep 10, 2016

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• People who postpone happiness are like children who try chasing rainbows in an effort to find the pot of gold at the rainbows end...Your life will never be fulfilled until you are happy here and now.

  Ken Keyes Jr.

  Happiness, Children, Chasing Rainbows

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• It seems to me that the secret of true happiness in life is to know what you are and then be content to be that, in style, head up and proud, and not yearn to be something else.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Style, Secret, Proud

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• I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be.

  Martha Washington

  Happiness, Attitude, I Am Who I Am

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• If anyone is unhappy, remember that his unhappiness is his own fault... Nothing else is the cause of anxiety or loss of tranquility except our own opinion.

  Epictetus

  Happy Birthday, Loss, Anxiety

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• Have the will to be well, to be happy, and to live in joy.

  Ernest Holmes

  Happy Birthday, Happiness, Joy

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• Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

  Ogden Nash

  Funny, Happiness, Humor

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• Unfortunately, to succeed in business, organizations need to make difficult choices all the time-what to do and, more important, what not to do. The truth of the matter is that whenever we make a difficult choice, some people will win and some will lose. The winners will be happy and the losers unhappy. It's impossible to make everybody happy all the time. If everybody in your organization is happy, that may be because you're failing to lead them.

  Constantinos C. Markides

  Winning, Organization, Difficult Choices

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• To be successful you have to enjoy doing your best while at the same time contributing to something beyond yourself.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Success, Doing Your Best, Enjoy

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2004). “Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning”, p.28, Penguin

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