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An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must origin

An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. – Clara Barton

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I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them. – Clara Barton

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The last part, the part youre now approaching, was for Aristotle the most important for happiness. – Charles Van Doren

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A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. – Theodor Adorno

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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. – George Bernard Shaw, Candida, 1898

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The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. – George Bernard Shaw

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