In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?
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The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.
Happiness lies in moments, and while you have it, you're not even aware; only afterwards do you know you were happy.
Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
Happiness is not something that just comes to you. It's an active process.
Happiness is determined by factors like your health, your family relationships and friendships, and above all by feeling that you are in control of how you spend your time.
Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.
There are times in my life when I haven't been happy. Sometimes it's not even physical, it's something else. The key is identifying why you're unhappy and doing whatever you can to fix it in a healthy way.
The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.
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