True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. — Joseph Addison

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Ninety-nine percent of the world's lovers are not with their first choice. That's what makes the jukebox play.

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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

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We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

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It is important for me to know how to love the world, not to despise it, not to feel hatred towards it and myself, to look at it, at myself and at all beings with love, admiration and great respect.

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What's meant to be will always find a way.

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Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

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They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. ― Tom Bodett

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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.

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Give Happiness, Patience, kindness, and Care, and the PAIN goes away. Then only LOVE remains... ― Tsem Tulku Rinpoche

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