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Happiness Quotes - Page 5

If you make it a habit not to blame others, you will feel the growth of the ability to love in your soul, and you will see the growth of goodness in your life.

Leo Tolstoy (2010). “A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.

Marianne Williamson (2013). “Illuminata: Thoughts, Prayers, Rites of Passage”, p.88, Random House

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

Don't let your happiness depend on something you may lose.

C. S. Lewis (1971). “The Four Loves”, p.132, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

Dalai Lama, Victor Chan (2012). “The Wisdom of Compassion: Stories of Remarkable Encounters and Timeless Insights”, p.11, Random House

If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.152, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

"Partying for the Planet and Dancing With God (at Burning Man)" by Leah Lamb, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 24, 2012.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.270