"Happiness depends upon ourselves."

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"The righteous shall rejoice."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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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."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Happiness, Fun, Joy, Instinct, Emotion

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

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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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."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

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

William James, American Philosopher

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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."

Sharon Salzberg, American Author

Happiness, Mistake, Suffering, Understanding

"[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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"They are fond of fun and therefore witty, wit being well-bred insolence."

Humor

"Friends are an aid to the young to guard them from error to the elderly to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action to those in the prime of life to assist them to noble deeds."

Friendship

"The physician heals Nature makes well."

Healing

"Every skill and every inquiry, and similarly every action and rational choice, is thought to aim at some good; and so the good had been aptly described as that at which everything aims."

Philosophy

"It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it."

Desire

"He who has overcome his fears will truly be free."

Freedom

"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny."

Success

"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing."

Courage

"Men do not become tyrants in order that they may not suffer cold."

Power

"Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life."

Art