Quote by Ashley Montagu
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not t

The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. – Ashley Montagu

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It is work, work that one delights in, that is the surest guarantor of happiness. But even here it is a work that has to be earned by labor in ones earlier years. One should labor so hard in youth that everything one does subsequently is easy by comparison. – Ashley Montagu

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Happiness
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There have been some medical schools in which somewhere along the assembly line, a faculty member has informed the students, not so much by what he said but by what he did, that there is an intimate relation between curing and caring. – Ashley Montagu

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Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without any proof. – Ashley Montagu

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Desire is individual. Happiness is common. – Julian Casablancas

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Whoever said money cant buy happiness simply didnt know where to go shopping. – Bo Derek

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A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. – Josh Billings

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I envy the happiness of others… I envy the sense of belonging… I seem always to be remaking myself. – Richard Eyre

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