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    Happiness consists in activity; such as the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool.

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Happiness is not a reward; it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment ; it is a result.

Happiness is not a reward; it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment ; it is a result.

by Robert Ingersoll Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.

Happiness is often the result of being too busy to be miserable.

by Anonymous Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity read more

Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

by Helen Keller Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.

by Andre Maurois Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other read more

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

by Montesquieu Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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The celebrated Galen said that employment was nature's physician. It is indeed so important to happiness that indolence is justly read more

The celebrated Galen said that employment was nature's physician. It is indeed so important to happiness that indolence is justly considered the parent of misery.

by C. C. Colton Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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