Happiness was not a word that seemed to apply anymore, when she had lost so many close to her. There was a contentment that felt deeper, that acknowledged and accepted the quieter offerings of small joys—of love and occasional peace in a life that was full of pain. ― Peter Heller, Celine

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Evolution does not make happiness its goal; it aims simply at evolution and nothing else. ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature. _ Marcus Aurelius

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Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

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

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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them. — Michael Jordan

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Nobody can take your happiness away from you. Once you learn how to create it. ― Shree Shambav

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There is no path to happiness. Happiness is the path. – Buddha

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Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it."

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There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. _ Jane Austen

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