If what we regard as real depends on our theory, how can we make reality the basis of our philosophy? But we cannot distinguish what is real about the universe without a theory. It makes no sense to ask if it corresponds to reality, because we do not know what reality is independent of a theory.

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Happiness isn’t a goal… it’s a by-product of a life well lived. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with spiritual , grace, and gratitude. – Denis Waitley

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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

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If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.

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And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you. ― Ally Carter

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Learning to love is hard and we pay dearly for it. It takes hard work and a long apprenticeship, for it is not just for a moment that we must learn to love, but forever.

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Black Friday doesn’t even cover love and happiness. They come from within and outside is without without the former. ― Goitsemang Mvula

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There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the comparison of one state with another. Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss. It is necessary to have wished for death in order to know how good it is to live.....the sum of all human wisdom will be contained in these two words: Wait and Hope.

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We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like. ― Dave Ramsey

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