#happin

Happiness doesn't come from doing what we like to do but from liking what we have to do. ↗

— Wilferd A. Peterson

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We laugh, that we may not cry. ↗

— Roger Ebert

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But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ↗

— Albert Camus

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Your ability to see beauty and possibility is proportionate to the level at which you embrace gratitude. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations. ↗

— Edward de Bono

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Blame is the creed of the disempowered. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#creed #disempowered #happiness #inspirational #life

The researchers found that nearly every change they made was followed by a temporary uptick in performance, even when it involved simply undoing a previous change. They concluded that the increases in worker productivity were not due to better lighting or better pay or longer breaks per se. They were just temporary improvements caused by a change in routine. ↗

— Hal Herzog

#psychology #science #change

Friends have suggested that I am the least qualified person to talk about happiness, because I am often down, and sometimes profoundly depressed. But I think that's where my qualification comes from. Because to know happiness, it helps to know unhappiness. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

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So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. ↗

— Alastair Campbell

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