Happiness is a mental habit, a mental attitude, and if it is not learned and practiced in the present it is never experienced. It cannot be made contingent upon solving some external problem. When one problem is solved, another appears to take its place. Life is a series of problems. If you are to be happy at all, you must be happy - period! Not happy "because of".

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Maxwell Maltz was a 19th-century American cosmetic surgeon. Maxwell Maltz was an American cosmetic surgeon. author of Psycho-Cybernetics (1960), which was a system of ideas that he claimed could improve one's self-image leading to a more successful and fulfilling life. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Happiness — Thoughts on finding joy, contentment, and fulfilment

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