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Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.


Imannuel Kant

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DIANA ROBINSON We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.
CARLOS CASTANEDA We are not angels, but we may at time be better versions of ourselves
ERWIN HARGROVE We too should make ourselves empty, that the great soul of the universe may fill us with its breath.
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ANDREI SAKHAROV We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.
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CRAIG GROESCHEL It is not wealth, it is not station, it is not social standing and ambition which can make us worthy...
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MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
BUDDHA No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
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SAMUEL L. JACKSON That church teaches us that we can make God happy by being miserable ourselves;
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LEWIS THOMAS We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselv...
ORISON SWETT MARDEN Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
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JOHN B. SHEERIN Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry.
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ORISON SWETT MARDEN We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.
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JOHN RALSTON SAUL We are not our own any more than what we possess is our own. We did not make ourselves, we cannot be...
ALDOUS HUXLEY For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves...
BIBLE This is how we reveal ourselves: these tiny flashes of discomfort, the reactions we can’t hide.
CHRISTINA LAUREN Money may not make you happy but it is sure lets you choose your anxieties.
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MARK TWAIN I know how to make myself happy, but I don't know how to make you happy.
MARTY RUBIN The key to true happiness is knowing what well make you happy and how to obtain it
ANDY STEWART Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry...
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.
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VICTOR HUGO The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves—say rather,...
VICTOR HUGO The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, ...
UNKNOWN The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather...
VICTOR HUGO When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffe...
M SCOTT PECK When we teach ourselves and our children discipline, we are teaching them and ourselves how to suffe...
M. SCOTT PECK How hungrily we read about ourselves!
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MISHI MCCOY You may not always be happy, but you'll surely find happiness.
JOHN B. BEJO

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