“Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.”
— Baruch Spinoza
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I come before you to declare that
“I come before you to declare that my sex are entitled to the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
— Victoria Woodhull
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Happiness is not something ready made. It
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
— Dalai Lama
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There is nothing can pay one for
“There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.”
— Mary Wortley
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I think the key to happiness is
“I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.”
— Brittany Murphy
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he
“Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.”
— Irving Babbitt
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Those in the west who dismiss the
“Those in the west who dismiss the repressiveness of laws against women in countries like Iran, no matter how benign their intentions, present a condescending view not just of the religion but also of women living in Muslim majority countries, as if the desire for choice and happiness is the monopoly of women in the west.”
— Azar Nafisi
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People let their own hang-ups become the
“People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.”
— Lucinda Williams
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction
“Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.”
— Arnold Bennett
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The idea that happiness could have a
“The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.”
— Walter Benjamin
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To me, the most important thing is
“To me, the most important thing is happiness.”
— Sheryl Swoopes
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