Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. ― Robert A. Heinlein

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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. — Epictetus

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Our greatest happiness comes from the experience of love & compassion. ― Allan Lokos

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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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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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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. - Immanuel Kant

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Forgive yourself for not having the foresight to know what seems so obvious in hindsight. – Judy Belmont

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Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like. _ Will Rogers

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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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We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.

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