#happiness

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. ↗

— William James

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The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. ↗

— Andre Maurois

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Seeing unhappiness in the marriage of friends, I was content to have chosen music and laughter as a substitute for a husband. ↗

— Elsa Maxwell

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Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity. ↗

— Rollo May

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I don't know exactly what covetise is, but in my experience it is not so much desiring someone else's virtue or happiness as rejecting it, taking offence at the beauty of it. ↗

— Marilynne Robinson

#happiness #beauty

When you're passionate about something, you want it to be all it can be. But in the endgame of life, I fundamentally believe the key to happiness is letting go of that idea of perfection. ↗

— Debra Messing

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Yes, women, and men, have to be open to love, because if we're not open then there's no way for us to find happiness. But you can be open to it and still have no control over when it's going to happen. ↗

— Debra Messing

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Happiness is not a matter of events; it depends upon the tides of the mind. ↗

— Alice Meynell

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The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. ↗

— William Morris

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I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

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