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One filled with joy preaches without preaching. – Mother Teresa

Be happy. It’s one way of being wise. – Colette

Misery is almost always the result of thinking. – Joseph Joubert

Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard’s rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment – a little makes the way of the best happiness. – Frederich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness. – William Saroyan

People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. – Anton Chekhov

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens. – Douglas Jerrold

If you are not happy here and now, you never will be. – Taisen Deshimaru

It is strange what a contempt men have for the joys that are offered them freely. – Georges Duhamel

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate. – Thornton Wilder