Quote by William Law
All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a per

All people desire what they believe will make them happy. If a person is not full of desire for God, we can only conclude that he is engaged with another happiness. – William Law

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No education can be of true advantage to young women but that which trains them up in humble industry, in great plainness of living, in exact modesty of dress. – William Law

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Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed of the divine nature in us, so it attracts and unites with its like. – William Law

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This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God. – William Law

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I think the key to life is just being a happy person, and happiness will bring you success. – Diego Val

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Happiness is within. It has nothing to do with how much applause you get or how many people praise you. Happiness comes when you believe that you have done something truly meaningful. – Martin Yan

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Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. – William James

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I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness. – Mary MacLane

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Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. Youd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children. – Judith Martin

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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold. – Aristotle

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