Happiness Quotes
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Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
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The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
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If we have no inner peace, we deceive ourselves into thinking that comfort and prosperity will bring happiness.
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Rob the average man of his life-illusion, and you rob him of his happiness at the same stroke.
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Things that influence me are my kids, their happiness, colorfulness, and vitality. My husband - he comes up with some great quotes and ideas. God - He is the Ultimate artist. And what I see around me - flowers, leaves, trees, birds, fruit, vegetables.
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Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.
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Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
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I wanted Jesus in 'A.D.' to be very, very, very human - to have those qualities of vulnerability and doubt and pain and sadness and loneliness. Once the resurrection happens and we see that Jesus has risen, it's almost complete, right? It's all about the joy and the smile and the happiness and the closeness to the disciples.
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I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.
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There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings. That is, we can live our lives as a whole in such a way that they can be judged not just as excellent in this respect or in that occupation, but as excellent, period. Only when we develop our truly human capacities sufficiently to achieve this human excellent will we have lives blessed with happiness.
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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.
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Material objects give rise to physical happiness, while spiritual development gives rise to mental happiness. Since we experience both physical and mental happiness, we need both material and spiritual development. This is why, for our own good and that of society we need to balance material progress with inner development.
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I'm a little weird that way. I don't really know how to express my happiness.
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Almost all unhappiness in life comes from the tendency to blame someone else.
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Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for ourselves.
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When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken that light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
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What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of ourselves, the happiness of others.
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Everyone is alone and yet nobody can do without other people, not just because they are useful... but also when it comes to happiness.
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Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving.
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Let the children's laughter remind us how we used to be.
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May you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness which you gave to another lonely and grateful heart. Isn't such a moment sufficient for the whole of one's life?
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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.
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Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around.
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Ah, on what little things does happiness depend.
