Not that happiness is dull. Only that it doesn't tell well. And of our consuming diversions as we age is to recite, not only to others but to ourselves, our own story. ― Lionel Shriver

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Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started._ David Allen

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Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money. ― François Lelord

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A man's life is what his thoughts make of it. Marcus Aurelius

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There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness.

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Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement. Your qualifications are not your life. — J.K. Rowling

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Happy people do not demand a lot from the world because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper than the world can touch.

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Success is getting what you want, happiness is wanting what you get. – Ingrid Bergmanok

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. —Aristotle

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You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. ― Albert Camus

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