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To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind – this is a choice which is possible for all of us and surely it is a good haven to sail for. – Henry Van Dyke

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Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. – Alphonse Karr

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My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness. – Kitty Kelley

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley

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When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things – not the great occasions – that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness. – Bob Hope

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Looking back, you realize that everything would have explained itself if you had only stopped interrupting. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, dont try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. – Lao Tzu

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