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The goal of a life free of dysphoria is a snare and a delusion. A better goal is of good commerce with the world. Authentic happiness, astonishingly, can occur even in the presence of authentic sadness.

— Martin Seligman

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Life finds its purpose and fulfillment in the expansion of happiness.

— Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

It's not possible to experience constant euphoria, but if you're grateful, you can find happiness in everything.

— Pharrell Williams

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

— Ayn Rand

The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.

— Ed Victor

Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life, for joy is the emotion which accompanies our fulfilling our natures as human beings. It is based on the experience of one's identity as a being of worth and dignity.

— Rollo May

My aim in life isn't so much the pursuit of happiness as the happiness of pursuit.

— Charles Saatchi

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

— Dalai Lama

✗Opposing Perspectives

There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning.

— Ben Carson

Satisfaction consists in freedom from pain, which is the positive element of life.

— Arthur Schopenhauer