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Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.
The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.
It is godlike ever to think on something beautiful and on something new.
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
I will keep a smile on my face and in my heart even when it hurts today.
Happiness is an accident of nature, a beautiful and flawless aberration.
I think a child may be the only thing that could give me true happiness.
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.
It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.
My mind works in idleness. To do nothing is often my most profitable way.
Experience praises the most happy the one who made the most people happy.
What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?
The moment we begin to seek love, love begins to seek us. And to save us.
When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.
The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.
Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.
Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.
It is in the love of one's family only that heartfelt happiness is known.
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.
Happiness is the overcoming of not unknown obstacles toward a known goal.
Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.
The Pursuit of Happiness: It sure seems to like a good chase, doesn't it?
There ought to be a man with a hammer behind the door of every happy man.
I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.
Your happiness is a gift because it literally brings out the best in you.
To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.
Your intention to love, no matter what, is the absolute key to happiness.
There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.
Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.
A well-balanced person is one who finds both sides of an issue laughable.
Family and friendships are two of the greatest facilitators of happiness.
The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.
Happiness consists in activity. It is running steam, not a stagnant pool.
He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
Humanity is fortunate, because no man is unhappy except by his own fault.
The first and indispensable requisite of happiness is a clear conscience.
What is funny about us is precisely that we take ourselves too seriously.
Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.
Happiness is something that you are, and it comes from the way you think.
There is only one way to be happy by means of the heart: not to have one.
Happiness is not an end - it is only a means, and adjunct, a consequence.
The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.
More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.
We do have a zeal for laughter in most situations, give or take a dentist.
You can make yourself happy or miserable - it's the same amount of effort.