When life gives you pain, accept it. When life gives you happiness, reject it. ― Santosh Kalwar

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If there was one thing that life has taught me, it’s to accept the most foolish and unthinkable happiness. ― A. Bondoux

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. —Aristotle

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Often, moreover, it is...that aspect of our being that society finds eccentric, ridiculous, or disagreeable, that holds our sweet waters, our secret well of happiness, the key to our equanimity in malevolent climes. ― Tom Robbins

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I finally figured out that not every crisis can be managed. As much as we want to keep ourselves safe, we can't protect ourselves from everything. If we want to embrace life, we also have to embrace chaos. ― Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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You're going to pay a price for every bloody thing you do and everything you don't do. You don't get to choose to not pay a price. You get to choose which poison you're going to take. That's it. ― Jordan B. Peterson

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She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy. ― Jane Austen, Emma

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We are one of those couples i used to watch, thinking to myself that I'd never be on the inside of something so special. I remember reassuring myself that it probably looked nicer than it actually was, I am happy to be wrong about that. ― Emily Giffin

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After all, what can we ever gain in forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our lives have not turned out quite as we might have wished?

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Not one of us can rest, be happy, be at home, be at peace with ourselves, until we end hatred and division. - John Lewis

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