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"It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it."

"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."

"There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do."

"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts."

"If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap. If you want happiness for a day - go fishing. If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else."

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

"Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit."

"That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest."

"Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open."

"The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life."

"Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy."