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“It is the very mark of the spirit of rebellion to crave for happiness in this life”
“There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.”
“Whoever is happy will make others happy.”
“This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much of the time. Many solutions were suggested for this problem, but most of th...”
“I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 ye...”
“Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.”
“Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.”
“The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of min...”
“What can I do with my happiness? How can I keep it, conceal it, bury it where I may never lose it? I want to kneel as it falls over me like rain, gather it up with lace and silk, and press it over ...”
“I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.”
“If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.”
“The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.”
“Happiness is a risk. If youre not a little scared, then youre not doing it right.”
“You cannot be with someone just because you dont want to hurt him. You have your own happiness to think about.”
“Success is getting what you want..Happiness is wanting what you get.”
“those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.”
“It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.”
“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.”
“We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like.”
“Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect but that you have looked beyond its imperfections”
