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The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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I have kids and I want to have a long life and there are certain things that are conducive to that and certain things that aren't. I've opted for the road of happiness and long life. ↗

— Ethan Suplee

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The gratification of desire is not happiness. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

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Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained. ↗

— Charles Inglis

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I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it. ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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