"Happiness is itself a kind of gratitude."

Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist

Happiness, Gratitude

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"The righteous shall rejoice."

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"Song of praise: Be joyful and count your blessings. There are so many things to be thankful for; the gift of being alive, blessings of a new day to hope and dream, the gift of families, the gift of children, the gift of friends, gift of people who make you laugh and smiles, the gift of strangers who show you kindness,the gift of nature, gift of educators, gift of preachers and many more."

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"Fun is closely related to Joy -- a sort of emotional froth arising from the play of instinct."

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"Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure."

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"Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"The greatest self is a peaceful smile, that always sees the world smiling back."

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"Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."

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"Seeking happiness is not the problem. The problem is that we often do not know where and how to find genuine happiness and so make the mistakes that cause suffering for ourselves & others."

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"[Death] is a safety-device because, once Man has fallen, natural immortality would be the one utterly hopeless destiny for him."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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