#happin

No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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Frugality is one of the most beautiful and joyful words in the English language, and yet one that we are culturally cut off from understanding and enjoying. The consumption society has made us feel that happiness lies in having things, and has failed to teach us the happiness of not having things. ↗

— Elise Boulding

#frugality #happiness #beauty

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. ↗

— Bertolt Brecht

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You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired. ↗

— Sergey Brin

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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Growth itself contains the germ of happiness. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

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There is no true love save in suffering, and in this world we have to choose either love, which is suffering, or happiness. Man is the more man - that is, the more divine - the greater his capacity for suffering, or rather, for anguish. ↗

— Miguel de Unamuno

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I don't like Paris so much, and it's only eight shows. I mean, don't tell them that, of course. But everyone always thinks they're so important. And I'm sure they are. But to me, my happiness is more important. ↗

— Gisele Bundchen

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Beauty is the promise of happiness. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#happiness #promise

I have discovered the secret of happiness - it is work, either with the hands or the head. The moment I have something to do, the draughts are open and my chimney draws, and I am happy. ↗

— John Burroughs

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