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  Happiness Quotes - If you think the story has a sad ending, it's because it's not over yet   “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” ― H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy   “Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.” ― Epictetus   “I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.” ― Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl   “She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.” ― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince   “Only the development of compassion and understanding for others can bring us the tranquility and happiness we all seek.” ― Dalai Lama XIV   “Listen to what is being preached today. Look at everyone around us. You've wondered why they suffer, why they seek happiness and never find it. If any man stopped and asked himself whether he's e...

  Happiness Quotes - Nothing makes a person happier than having a happy heart   “But what was there to say? Only that there were tears. Only that Quietness and Emptiness fitted together like stacked spoons. Only that there was a snuffling in the hollows at the base of a lovely throat. Only that a hard honey-colored shoulder had a semicircle of teethmarks on it. Only that they held each other close, long after it was over. Only that what they shared that night was not happiness, but hideous grief.   Only that once again they broke the Love Laws. That lay down who should be loved. And how. And how much.” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things   “The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it's not. It is an existential truth: only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core of another person--without possessing the other, without becoming dependent ...

  Happiness Quotes - Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself   “Why Not You?   Today, many will awaken with a fresh sense of inspiration. Why not you?   Today, many will open their eyes to the beauty that surrounds them. Why not you?   Today, many will choose to leave the ghost of yesterday behind and seize the immeasurable power of today. Why not you?   Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?   Today, for many the burden of self doubt and insecurity will be lifted by the security and confidence of empowerment. Why not you?   Today, many will rise above their believed limitations and make contact with their powerful innate strength. Why not you?   Today, many will choose to live in such a manner that they will be a positive role model for their children. Why not you?   Today, many will choos...

  Happiness Quotes - I am very happy   “If only we'd stop trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.” ― Edith Wharton   “I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.” ― Sri Chinmoy   “I don't think that there are any limits to how excellent we could make life seem.” ― Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything Is Illuminated   “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power or our will. ” ― Epictetus   “I'm a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.” ― J.D. Salinger, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction   “Happiness. It was the place where passion, with all its dazzle and drumbeat, met something softer: homecoming and safety and pure sunbeam comfort. It was all those things, intertwined with the heat and...

  Happiness Quotes - Let us dance in the Sun   “My God, a moment of bliss. Why, isn't that enough for a whole lifetime?” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky, White Nights   “A thing of beauty is a joy forever.” ― John Keats, Endymion: A Poetic Romance   “Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...” ― susan polis schutz   “The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal.” ― C.S. Lewis   “Ah, what happiness it is to be with people who are all happy, to press hands, press cheeks, smile into eyes.” ― Katherine Mansfield   “The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.” ― Graham Greene, The End of the Affair   “It is an illusi...