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    I certainly wasn't happy. Happiness has to do with reason, and only reason earns it. What I was given was the thing you can't earn, and can't keep, and often don't even recognize at the time; I mean joy. Mary Baker Eddy -Ursula K. LeGuin.

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Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.

Happiness seems to be the result of something happening — inactivity is not very exhilarating.

by Anonymous 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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In life, we must not look to make ourselves happy, but instead, we must strive to love others and our read more

In life, we must not look to make ourselves happy, but instead, we must strive to love others and our own happiness will come of thier satisfaction.

by Paul Acquasanta 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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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

by Dalai Lama Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

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The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.

by C P Snow Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!

Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!

by William Cowper 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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