I want to be careful not to throw all this away. This is happiness. I think this is what happiness is. I haven't got it yet, but I can sense it out there. I feel I'm close to it. Some days, I'm so close I can almost smell it. ― Sebastian Faulks

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So he tasted the deep pain that is reserved only for the strong, just as he had tasted for a little while the deep happiness. ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

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an ascetic might be a pauper, but he has ashrams where love, happiness, and prosperity overflow. ― Merlin Franco

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we're all golden sunflowers inside. _ Allen Ginsberg

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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. ― Anthony Trollope

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I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I do this? Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again. I will love the sun for it warms my bones; yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit. I will love the light for it shows me the way; yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars. I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart; yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.

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Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story. ― François Lelord

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Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude. — Denis Waitley

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Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you. — Mary Lou Retton

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The secret to happiness...be satisfied and be grateful.

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