Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.
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Some of the happiest people I know have none of the things the world insists are necessary for satisfaction and joy.
A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.
I was the happiest guy in the world when I was on the ice. You're being paid to play a game! That's pretty special.
The happiest ones are those who have a character which would prefer their services to be unknown to all generations.
I think mental illness or madness can be an escape also. People don't develop a mental illness because they are in the happiest of situations, usually. One doctor observed that it was rare when people were rich to become schizophrenic. If they were poor or didn't have too much money, then it was more likely.
My happiest hours are spent in school, surrounded by those I hope to benefit.
As a reader and a writer, I'm happiest when apparently mutually exclusive states can somehow coexist.
I say always follow your passion, no matter what, because even if it's not the same financial success, it'll lead you to the money that'll make you the happiest.
I am truly at my happiest not when I am writing an aria for an actor or making a grand political or social point. I am at my happiest when I've figured out a fun way for somebody to slip on a banana peel.
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