"He who binds to himself a joy doth the winged life destroy. But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in Eternity's sunrise."

Blake, William on joy
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"To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour."

Blake, William on eternity
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"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."

Hugo, Victor on happiness
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"Happiness depends upon ourselves."

Aristotle on happiness
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"Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living."

Ginott, Haim on happiness
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"Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties."

Keller, Helen on success
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"It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy"

Kant, Immanuel on happiness
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"Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us."

Maupassant, Guy de on love
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"Depend not on another, but lean instead on thyself. True happiness is born of self-reliance."

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"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on difficulties
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"Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?"

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on desire
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"Democracy give every man the right to be his own oppressor."

Lowell, James Russell on democracy
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"Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action."

Lowell, James Russell on deeds and good deeds
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"Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data."

Naisbitt, John on intuition