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Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold, the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul. -Democritus.


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THICH NHAT HANH Happiness is a habit,
it’s more than fleeting,
more than a disintegrating lozenge.
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ANUJ SOMANY I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live.
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SARAH JIO Tomorrow is tomorrow.
Future cares have future cures,
And we must mind today.
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SOURCE UNKNOWN Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
ANONYMOUS Happiness is in the heart, not in the circumstances.
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J.D. SALINGER Where 'er thou art be thou (w)holy there.
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