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1 " But, like all happiness, it did not last long… "
― Louisa May Alcott , Little Women
2 " My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad which Nature makes inevitable. "
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
3 " ...because all happiness is contagious, and disarms the spirit of hatred. "
― Irène Némirovsky , Suite Française
4 " ... each gratification points to the ultimate one, and that all happiness has some connection with eternal beatitude. Some connection, if only this: that every fulfillment this side of Heaven instantly reveals its inadequacy. It is immediately evident that such satisfactions are not enough; they are not what we have really sought; they cannot really satisfy us at all. "
― Josef Pieper , Happiness and Contemplation
5 " Was it happiness I'd found in my long marriage? Or capitulation? Or is that all happiness is, capitulation? "
― Maria Semple , Today Will Be Different
6 " In order to understand the intensity of ritual forms, one must rid oneself of the idea that all happiness derives from nature, and all pleasure from the satisfaction of a desire. On the contrary, games, the sphere of play, reveal a passion for rules, a giddiness born of rules, and a force that comes from ceremony, and not desire. "
― Jean Baudrillard , Seduction
7 " I was delighted to see you again, and forgot for the moment that all happiness is fleeting. "
― Alexandre Dumas , The Count of Monte Cristo
8 " What need is there to say more?The childish work for their own benefit,The Buddhas work for the benefit of others.Just look at the difference between them.If I do not exchange my happiness, for the suffering of others, I shall not attain the state of Buddhahood.And even in Samsara I shall have no real joy. The source of all misery in the world lies in thinking of oneself;The source of all happiness lies in thinking of others. "
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9 " We stand at the crossroads, each minute, each hour, each day, making choices. We choose the thoughts we allow ourselves to think, the passions we allow ourselves to feel, and the actions we allow ourselves to perform. Each choice is made in the context of whatever value system we have selected to govern our lives. In selecting that value system, we are, in a very real way, making the most important choice we will ever make.Those who believe there is one God who made all things and who governs the world by this providence will make many choices different from those who do not. Those who hold in reverence that being who gave them life and worship Him through adoration, prayer, and thanksgiving will make choices different from those who do not. Those who believe that mankind are all of a family and that the most acceptable service of God is doing good to man will make many choices different from those who do not. Those who believe in a future state in which all that is wrong here will be made right will make many choices different from those who do not. Those who subscribe to the morals of Jesus will make many choices different from those who do not.Since the foundation of all happiness is thinking rightly, and since correct action is dependent on correct opinion, we cannot be too careful in choosing the value system we allow to govern our thoughts and actions.And to know that God governs in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayers, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him, is, indeed, a powerful regulator of human conduct. "
― Benjamin Franklin , the Art of Virtue: His Formula for Successful Living
10 " When a man has lost all happiness he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse. "
11 " It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it. "
― Joseph Joubert
12 " Being rich and famous isn't all happiness and at times the pressures have got to me. "
13 " The groundwork of all happiness is health. "