the point of losing something precious - be it happiness of material wealth - can be forgotten over time. but our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache. or perhaps what haunts us is that nagging thought that things might have turned out differently. because without the thought, we would put it down to fate and accept it.

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Whoever is happy will make others happy. ― Anne Frank

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We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. ― Anne Frank

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it is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. This perspective is at the heart of Buddhist teachings. ― Daisaku Ikeda

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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own. ― Honoré de Balzac

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Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry. ― Mark Strand

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Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. _ Benjamin Franklin

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The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. - Victor Hugo

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We often fully sense and relish the radiance of happiness only after it is has escaped through the backstage door, stealthily and silently. ("Happy days are back again") ― Erik Pevernagie

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If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you. _ Lao Tzu

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