Saint Augustine Quotes, Happiness Quotes, World Quotes

The most venerable, clearly understood, enlightened, and reliable constant in the world is not only that we want to be happy, but that we want only to be so. Our very nature requires it of us.

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Safe! safe! safe!' the pulse of the house beats wildly. Waking, I cry 'Oh, is this your buried treasure? The light in the heart.

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What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has or how he is regarded by others.

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Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure

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If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

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And feel that I am happier than I know.

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It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

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It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Happiness Quotes , Light Quotes

O happiness! our being's end and aim! Good, pleasure, ease, content! whate'er thy name: That something still which prompts the eternal sigh, For which we bear to live, or dare to die.

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It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy

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Did it ever strike you on such a morning as this that drowning would be happiness and peace?

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To call a thing good not a day longer than it appears to us good, and above all not a day earlier - that is the only way to keep joy pure.

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He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy.

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A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

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And lastly from that period I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.

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Tags : F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes , Happiness Quotes , Sad Quotes

There is no denying that consideration of others is worthwhile and that our happiness is inextricably bound up with the happiness of others. There is no denying that if society suffers, we ourselves suffer, and the more our hearts and minds are afflicted with ill-will, the more miserable we become. We can reject religion, ideology, received wisdom, but we cannot escape the need for love and compassion.

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When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Happiness Quotes , Power Quotes

The bourgeoisie is very fond of so-called practical types and novels with happy endings, since they soothe it with the idea that one can both accumulate capital and preserve innocence, be a beast and at the same time be happy...

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Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Happiness Quotes , Thinking Quotes

Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.

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