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I see happiness as a by-product. I dont think you can pursue happi

I see happiness as a by-product. I dont think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made. – James Hillman

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In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient. – James Hillman

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Loss means losing what was We want to change but we dont want to lose. Without time for loss, we dont have time for soul. – James Hillman

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Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. – Jean de la Bruyere

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My happiness doesnt come from money or fame. My happiness comes from seeing life without struggle. – Nicki Minaj

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While we pursue happiness, we flee from contentment. – Proverb

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If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it. – Epictetus

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