Quote by Laurence Sterne
Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the heig

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a mans stature as to his happiness. – Laurence Sterne

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I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor. – Laurence Sterne

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Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves. – Laurence Sterne

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Never mind your happiness do your duty. – Peter Drucker

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Happiness is a positive cash flow. – Fred Adler

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Happiness is not a reward – it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment – it is a result. – Robert Green Ingersoll

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The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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The mind is what it thinks. To make it true, think true. – Nisargadatta Maharaj

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He that can have patience can have what he will. – Benjamin Franklin

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There is a bunch of things we mean to do, and life is the time we spend meaning to do them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The game is my wife. It demands loyalty and responsibility, and it gives me back fulfillment and peace. – Michael Jordan

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