Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. ― Charles Eastman

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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.― H.L. Mencken

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I never view mistakes as failures. They are simply opportunities to find out what doesn't work.

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He felt every day more and more certain that she, and she alone, could make him happy. ― Elizabeth Gaskell

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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. _ Saint Augustine

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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

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We all make mistakes, and it is better to make them before we begin.

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The urge to escape from selfhood and the environment is in almost everyone almost all the time.

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You know why love stories have happy endings?” I shake my head. “Because they end too early,” she continues. “They always end right at the kiss. You never have to see all the bullshit that comes later. You know, Life. ― Hank Moody, God Hates Us All

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The purpose of our lives is to be happy. - Dalai Lama

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