Quote by Mary Oliver
We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is

We all have a hungry heart, and one of the things we hunger for is happiness. So as much as I possibly could, I stayed where I was happy. I spent a great deal of time in my younger years just writing and reading, walking around the woods in Ohio, where I grew up. – Mary Oliver

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When its over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. – Mary Oliver

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I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, an enervation. Morality is the weakness of the brain. – Arthur Rimbaud

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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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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. – Aeschylus

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Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness. – Emile M. Cioran

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The tears of the red, yellow, black, brown and white man are all the same. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I dont do it because I hope karma will come round and get me and Ill benefit from it. – David Schwimmer

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