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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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No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess, and no matter how good ones sentiments may be, if one have not taken advantage of every concrete opportunity to act, ones character may remain entirely unaffected for the better. With good intentions, hell proverbially is paved. – William James

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The god whom science recognizes must be a God of universal laws exclusively, a God who does a wholesale, not a retail business. He cannot accommodate his processes to the convenience of individuals. – William James

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Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James

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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. – James Openheim

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One should be either sad or joyful. Contentment is a warm sty for eaters and sleepers. – Eugene O’Neill

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We need fundamental change. In the past, national development led to peoples happiness but now the link between national growth and improvement in peoples lives has been severed. – Park Geun-hye

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Happiness: a way station between too little and too much. – Channing Pollock

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