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Quote by William James
How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. – William James

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The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioning our characters in the wrong way. – William James

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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. – William James

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Misery is almost always the result of thinking. – Joseph Joubert

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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy. – Chanakya

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A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of ones life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. – George Santayana

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What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. – Colette

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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o clock is a scoundrel. – Samuel Johnson

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Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. – Ezra Pound

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Ive always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Hordens animations. – Stephen Fry

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I think women should start to embrace their age. Whats the alternative to getting older? You die. I cant change the day I was born. But I can take care of my skin, my body, my mind, and try to live my life and be happy. – Olivia Munn

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