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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. ↗

— J. B. Priestley

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The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony. ↗

— V. S. Pritchett

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Getting pregnant wasn't easy, and I found that devastating. I really beat myself up for waiting so long when I'd always wanted children and family had been the basis of my happiness my whole life. ↗

— Emily Procter

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Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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Love moves in sync with the cadence of forgiveness, sings in tune with the melody of acceptance, and dances in rhythm with the music of companionship. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation. ↗

— Francois Rabelais

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Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. ↗

— Ayn Rand

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The slave may be happy, but happiness is not enough. ↗

— Herbert Read

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