We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. -- Thomas Jefferson

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Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day. — Dalai Lama

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Evolution does not make happiness its goal; it aims simply at evolution and nothing else. ― Friedrich Nietzsche

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I don’t think man was meant to attain happiness so easily. Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it. ― Alexandre Dumas

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Perhaps; but I am a difficult person to live with. My difficulty consists in not wanting to live with other people.

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Happiness is not a life without pain, but rather a life in which the pain is traded for a worthy price. ― Orson Scott Card

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I now tried a new hypothesis: It was possible that I was more in charge of my happiness than I was allowing myself to be. ― Michelle Obama

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The person I miss most is the one I could have been.

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Every day is a new day, and you’ll never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on. — Carrie Underwood

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Happiness is experienced when your life gives you what you are willing to accept.

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