And therein lies the whole of man's plight. Human time does not turn in a circle; it runs ahead in a straight line. That is why man cannot be happy: happiness is the longing for repetition. ― Milan Kundera

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Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for. ― Immanuel Kant

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The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible. ― Betrand Russell

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she sees how happiness hides in the humdrum, how it abides in the everyday toing and froing as though happiness were a thing that should not be seen, as though it were a note that cannot be heard until it sounds from the past... ― Paul Lynch

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No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.

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And remember: you must never, under any circumstances, despair. To hope and to act, these are our duties in misfortune.

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The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to accept and what to let go. – Dodinsky

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There are as many styles of beauty as there are visions of happiness.

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We can activate tremendous powers within our own lives if we open up to the experience. ― Ari Gunzburg

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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. _ Aeschylus

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