Sadness is not the beginning or end of a process, but the lag between pleasure and happiness. ― Isra

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Toska - noun /ˈtō-skə/ - Russian word roughly translated as sadness, melancholia, lugubriousness. "No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.

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To be happy, you have to risk being unhappy. ― Ogwo David Emenike

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Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. – Anne Frank

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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. _ Saint Augustine

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When I die, don't come, I wouldn't want a leaf to turn away from the sun -- it loves it there. There's nothing so spiritual about being happy but you can't miss a day of it, because it doesn't last. ― Frank O'Hara

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One of the bonuses about loving yourself is that you get to feel good.

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Happiness is a decision and so as Love. If you decide to be happy then you're happy. If you decide to love then you love. ― Ann Marie Aguilar

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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.

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Don’t you think it’s better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life —Audrey Niffenegger

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