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Happiness

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Made one long bathing of a summer's day - William Wordsworth

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It's easy to wallow in the dark, to be cynical. It's a brave choice to be happy. It's taking a stand.

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It is not by accident that the happiest people are those who make a conscious effort to live

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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion - Dalai Lama

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If you want food for your body, vestments, tools, toys, gadgets, you will find thousands of shops. If you want food for your mind, you will find hundreds of libraries, schools and universities. If you want food for your soul, you will have churches and temples. But if you want food for your heart, for happiness, for the art of living, you find very little. Our industrial society is still very primitive: the soul and the heart are grossly underserviced - Robert Muller

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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need - Cicero

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I recommend that the teaching of happiness be made obligatory in all schools of the Earth and that the media give the people at least 50% of good news, if not more. Perhaps after a while they will love doing it and be happier themselves. How great it would be to see at least a daily Happiness Page in all newspapers of the world! - Robert Muller

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I am much happier with a spade in my hand than in front of a computer. So why is it that I spend much of my time on a computer and very little time on the land? I suppose we all just have to fulfil our roles in life in order to one day realise our dreams. My dream is to one day work the land, but only if that is in a world where people are at least learning to respect each other, help each other and take care of the planet - http://www.justfortheloveofit.org/blog.php?id=422

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Having a goal is a state of happiness - E.J. Bartek

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Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort. --