I was happy, I knew that. While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it do we suddenly realize - sometimes with astonishment - how happy we had been.

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Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama

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Be happy in your body. It’s the only one you’ve got, so you might as well like it. — Keira Knightley

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Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are._ Chinese Proverb

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As I watch him, a sudden recognition comes over me: Tonight, I can be anyone I want… maybe being happy only means living in the moment, appreciating the exact moment you're in and not thinking about the worries of the future. ― Laura Fitzgerald

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Whoever is happy will make others happy.

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Say this: I am blessed, successful, and happy. If you can't claim it today, keep saying this until it becomes your truth. ― Germany Kent

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If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. — Andrew Carnegie

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We remember though all the firelit glow Of a great hearth's gleam and glare, And we looked for a space at each happy face And the love that was written there. ― Caris Brooke

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You can’t be really happy unless you’re unhappy sometimes. —Lauren Oliver

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