I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. ― Alexandre Dumas

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This is true happiness: to have no ambition and to work like a horse as if you had every ambition. To live far from men, not to need them and yet to love them. To have the stars above, the land to your left and the sea to your right and to realize of a sudden that in your heart, life has accomplished its final miracle: it has become a fairy tale.

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For some people, she thought, trials were only temporary; they sailed towards happiness through the roughest weather. ― Emma Donoghue

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A day without laughter is a day wasted. — Charlie Chaplin

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Life is the night sky all the dots of stars are happiness ― Richard L. Ratliff

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I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.

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Keep your face always toward the sunshine and the shadow will fall behind you. – Walt Whitman

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The more death, the more birth. People are entering, others are exiting. The cry of a baby, the mourning of others. When others cry, the other are laughing and making merry. The world is mingled with sadness, joy, happiness, anger, wealth, poverty, etc. ― Michael Bassey Johnson

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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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Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. - Walt Whitman

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