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Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward & learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude. ↗

— John Chrysostom

#happiness #inner-peace #life

The secret of a happy life is respect. Respect for yourself and respect for others. ↗

— Ayad Akhtar

#respect #life

Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#pessimism #unhappiness #life

Excuse the mess, but we live here. ↗

— Roseanne Barr

#housekeeping #life #mess #messes #life

We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves. ↗

— Ethel Percy Andrus

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.. she believed a great happiness awaited her somewhere, and for this reason she remained calm as the days flew by. ↗

— Gyula Krúdy

#life #life

[Happiness is] a ghost, it’s a shadow. You can’t really chase it. It’s a by-product, a very pleasant side effect to a life lived well. ↗

— Eric Weiner

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You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity. ↗

— Alysha Speer

#coping #drown #enduring #free #hope

Do what makes you happy, and don't care what others think. ↗

— Demi Lovato

#life #quote #life

الفرح الوحشي والمرح العنيف والضحك المجلجل حالات لا تدل على السعادة ، إنها تشنجات البؤساء الذين يريدون أن يأكدوا لأنفسهم وللناس أنهم يفرحون، يفرحون بشدة. ↗

— مصطفى محمود

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