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

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Happiness Simple as a glass of chocolate or tortuous as the heart. Bitter. Sweet. Alive. —Joanne Harris

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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. ― Gustave Flaubert

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The happy man only feels at ease because the unhappy bear their burden in silence. Without this silence, happiness would be impossible.

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The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood. - Voltaire

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Happiness is the only thing that multiplies when you share it. _ Albert Schweitzer

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I have what I have. And I am happy. I have lost what I’ve lost. And I am still happy. – Rupi Kaur

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Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced.

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Happiness depends upon ourselves. —Aristotle

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Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for it is counterfeit. – Hosea Ballou

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