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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.


Fyodor Dostoevsky
The greatest happiness comes from being vitally interested in something that excites all your energies.
Walter Annenberg
The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.
Jeremy Bentham
We need to move into a culture of peace. What I hope to promote is the idea that we all need each other and that the greatest happiness in life is not how much we have but how much we give. That's a wealth that's priceless. You can't buy compassion.
Herbie Hancock
I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.
Lupita Nyong'o
Democracy rests upon two pillars: one, the principle that all men are equally entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and the other, the conviction that such equal opportunity will most advance civilization.
Louis D. Brandeis
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
William Cowper
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There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.


George Sand
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.


John Mason Brown
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We too often bind ourselves by authorities rather than by the truth.


Lucretia Mott
Tags: Truth Than Too
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I would rather be loved by somebody who respected me.


Jennifer Tilly
Tags: Me Who Would
Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.
Sylvia Earle
There is a direct relationship between how we feel about Jesus Christ and how we see ourselves. We cannot increase our devotion to the Savior without also obtaining a greater sense of purpose, identity, and conviction.
Sheri L. Dew
When something that occupies a giant space in your life comes to an end, then you have to go through a mourning period. I loved 'The Shield.' It was one of the hardest and one of the greatest experiences of my life. But having said that, I'm always thinking about what's next.
Michael Chiklis
Tags: Space You About
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The most important part of ourselves is the mind, and it has been rather inaccessible.


Ariel Garten
Tags: Been Most Part
The force we use on ourselves, to prevent ourselves from loving, is often more cruel than the severest treatment at the hands of one loved.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Tags: More Than Often
I wrote the Dickens book because I loved Dickens, not because I felt a kinship with him, but after writing the book it seemed to me that there was at least one similarity between us and that was that Dickens loved to write and wrote with the ease and conviction of breathing. Me, too.
Jane Smiley
Tags: Me Because Us
One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
Faith Baldwin
Tags: You Life Will
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I would rather see the United States respected than loved by other nations.


Henry Cabot Lodge
Tags: Than Would Other
Our forefathers paved the way for us. Let's take their values and their strengths and rededicate ourselves to doing whatever it takes to keep America the greatest country in the history of man.
Nikki Haley
Tags: History Our Way