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“God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. There is no such thing.”
C.S. Lewis
“Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you”
Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Sometimes we strive so hard for perfection that we forget that imperfection is happiness”
Karen Nave
“Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Happiness equals reality minus expectations”
Tom Magliozzi
“It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him”
Marguerite Duras
“No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.”
Barbara De Angelis
“Be happy. It's one way of being wise.”
Sidonie Gabrielle
“What is happiness? The feeling that power increases - that resistance is being overcome”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
Aristotle