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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. – Herbert Spencer

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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded. – Herbert Spencer

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Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye. – Austin OMalley

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Joe E. Lewis said, Money doesnt buy happiness but it calms the nerves. And that is how I feel about a film being well-received. – Alexander Payne

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Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self-indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. – Ayn Rand

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The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will. – Josiah Gilbert Holland

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