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    Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."

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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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Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of read more

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

by Aristotle Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.

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My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

by Clara Schumann Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, read more

If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, fleeting, and way too precious to waste waiting around for happiness to hit you over the head and make itself known. Happiness wasn't something you found, happiness was something you made - by living in the moment, by cherishing the people in your life right now, by finding the courage to change those things you didn't like

by Laura Kaye Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security.

Happiness has many roots, but none more important than security.

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The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it read more

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be

by Marcel Pagnol Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.

Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so.

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He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper
into the eternal mystery of nature has read more

He who finds thought that lets us penetrate even a little deeper
into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace.
He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and
help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more
happiness than one man can bear.

by William Cowper Found in: Happiness Quotes,
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