Happiness

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Everybody in the world is seeking happiness�and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.

How to Win Friends and Influence People
It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it.

How to Win Friends and Influence People
The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.
Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it.
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they�re not on your road doesn�t mean they�ve gotten lost.
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
I do want more. I am not content with being happy. I was not made for it. It is not my destiny. My destiny is the opposite.

Steppenwolf
Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.

Kafka on the Shore
I am not in favor of imposing happiness on people. Everyone has a right to his bad wine, to his stupidity, and to his dirty fingernails.

Farewell Waltz
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