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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 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 always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once read more

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

by Maxim Gorky Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.

Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.

by William H. Sheldon Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down read more

Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

by Nathaniel Hawthorne Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

by George Washington Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Our nation was founded on the principals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

by Leonard Boswell Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

by William Cowper Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.

by Agnes Repplier Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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