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All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness. ↗

— William Law

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So long as you don't feel life's paltry and a miserable business, the rest doesn't matter, happiness or unhappiness. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase: if you pursue happiness you'll never find it. ↗

— Carrie P. Snow

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Happiness, to some, elation; Is, to others, mere stagnation. ↗

— Amy Lowell

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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin. ↗

— John Lubbock

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I visited those friends who'd just had a baby, and she was washing dishes and he was cleaning the house, and I burst with happiness. And in their minds, they were in this terrible domestic rut. ↗

— Josh Lucas

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Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable. ↗

— Clare Boothe Luce

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I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness. ↗

— Mary MacLane

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An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. ↗

— Maurice Maeterlinck

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Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness. ↗