Change is usually preceded by some kind of drift.

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius

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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.

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Joy is distinctly a Christian word and a Christian thing. It is the reverse of happiness. Happiness is the result of what happens of an agreeable sort. Joy has its spring deep down inside. And that spring never runs dry, no matter what happens. Only Jesus gives that joy. ― Samuel Gordon

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I'm happy if I have added something to our understanding of the universe.

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Happiness is a direction, not a place. — Sydney J. Harris

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To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

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Smile more. Smiling can make you and others happy. ― Roy Bennett

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Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. _ George A. Sheehan

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Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. ― Francesca Reigler

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