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Being of service to others is what brings true happiness.


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Religion will prove to the believer a comforter and a sure guide to the fountain of true happiness.


Ellen G. White
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Patrick Marber
What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.
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The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.
George C. Williams
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Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.


Arthur Schopenhauer
My life had no meaning at all. I found only brief interludes of satisfaction. It was like my whole life had been about my whole basketball career.
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The heart which finds life in material wealth is usually certain to go farther and seek for more in the satisfaction of base and sullen appetites.
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There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you.
Charles Dudley Warner
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The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
Henry James
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Like everybody, I've had a lot of pain in my life and I'm a work in progress. You must have a true desire to see the world from a different point of view, and that comes with growing up.
Walton Goggins
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The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.
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The only thing worse than the Pastor Terry Jones scheduled Koran burning is the fact that he canceled the proposed event.
Henry Rollins
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