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“I care far more how humanity lives than how long. Progress, for me, means increasing goodness and happiness of individual lives. For the species, as for each man, mere longevity seems to me a contemptible ideal.”

Men Mean Long Seems Care Happiness Humanity Individual Progress Goodness Ideals Mere Species Longevity I Care Individual Life

Author:C. S. Lewis

“There are some individuals who have too strong a craving, a will, and a nostalgia for happiness ever to reach it. They always retain a bitter and passionate aftertaste, and that's the best they can hope for.”

Happiness Individual Strong Passionate Nostalgia Bitter Craving

Book:Correspondence, 1932-1960

Source: Correspondence, 1932-1960

“Let us hopethat by the best cultivation of the physical world, beneath and around us; and the intellectual and moral world within us, we shall secure an individual, social and political prosperity and happiness, whose course shall be onward and upward, and which, while the earth endures, shall not pass away.”

World Earth Happiness Political Courses Individual Social Moral Intellectual Endure Prosperity Secure Passing Away Cultivation Onward And Upward

Book:The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations

Source: The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations

“Whether they be old or young, rich or poor, high or low, wise or foolish, ignorant or learned, every individual is seen to be strongly actuated by a desire to be seen, heard, talked of, approved and respected... a passion for distinction.”

Happiness Success Young Desire Passion Individual Poor Rich Wise Heard Lows Foolish Ignorant Distinction Approved Rich Or Poor

Book:The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections

Source: The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections

“Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.”

Happiness Lying Choices Individual Virtue Appreciate Organization Vices Inner Peace Great Happiness Inner Happiness

Book:Juliette

Source: Juliette

“The sense of unhappiness is so much easier to convey than that of happiness. In misery we seem aware of our own existence, even though it may be in the form of a monstrous egotism: this pain of mine is individual, this nerve that winces belongs to me and to no other. But happiness annihilates us: we lose our identity.”

May Seems Pain Happiness Form Individual Loses Existence Awareness Identity Mines Easier Misery Unhappiness Nerves Egotism Monstrous Wince

Book:The End of the Affair

Source: The End of the Affair

“Every person has the power to make others happy. Some do it simply by entering a room others by leaving the room. Some individuals leave trails of gloom; others, trails of joy. Some leave trails of hate and bitterness; others, trails of love and harmony. Some leave trails of cynicism and pessimism; others trails of faith and optimism. Some leave trails of criticism and resignation; others trails of gratitude and hope. What kind of trails do you leave?”

Kind Persons Happiness Joy Hate Individual Rooms Gratitude Criticism Optimism Harmony Leaving Bitterness Pessimism Cynicism Entering Trails Gloom Resignation Make Others Happy

Author:William Arthur Ward

“Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.”

Source: Racism 101

“Desire is individual. Happiness is common.”

Happiness Desire Individual Common Happy Individual Happiness

Author:Julian Casablancas