"The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves."

Hugo, Victor on love
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"Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking."

Aurelius, Marcus on thoughts and thinking
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"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates."

Bruyere, Jean De La on grief   

"Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity."

Jung, Carl on happiness
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"Make your life a happy one. That is where success is possible to every man."

Powell, Robert on life
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"Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. which give happiness. Thomas Jefferson We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction."

James, William on happiness
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"Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens."

Rooney, Andy on happiness
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"The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a life time."

Unknown, Source on happiness   

"Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved."

Hugo, Victor on happiness
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"Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life."

Hills, Burton on happiness
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"There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved."

Sand, George on love
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"It is best to love wisely, no doubt: but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all."

Thackeray, William M. on infatuation
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"Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence."

Smith, Sydney on friends and friendship
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