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Henry James

"True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand."

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"True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self; but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand."

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"Our main purpose of life is to be happy. Happiness is in simplicity, and the most amazing things about life is that it is so simple."

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"Children are happy because they have the power of finding happiness in the simplest things."

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"You are only a poor person if you are not happy with what you have."

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"A joyful heart is an endless flowing stream."

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"Happiness in your life is directly related to your ability to love, not your ability to earn."

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"If your joy of life depends on something or someone, then you are not enjoying your life. You are enjoying the person or the thing."

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"If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land."
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"People talk about the conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid."
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"Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language."
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