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To be able to throw ones self away for the sake of a moment, to be

To be able to throw ones self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a womans smile – that is happiness. – Hermann Hesse

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What I always hated and detested and cursed above all things was this contentment, this healthiness and comfort, this carefully preserved optimism of the middle classes, this fat and prosperous brood of mediocrity. – Hermann Hesse

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I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value. – Hermann Hesse

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I do believe that if you havent learnt about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness. – Nana Mouskouri

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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness. – George Santayana

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No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities. – Christian Nestell Bovee

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So often the shortest distance to happiness is the length of an about-face. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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