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The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

— Bertrand Russell

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

— Daniel Dennett

The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

— William Morris

The secret of happiness is something to do.

— John Burroughs

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.

— J. Donald Walters

I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.

— Brittany Murphy

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.

— Leo Buscaglia

The secret to life is finding joy in ordinary things. I'm interested in happiness.

— Ruth Reichl

✗Opposing Perspectives

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

— F. H. Bradley

The secret of happiness is the determination to be happy always, rather than wait for outer circumstances to make one happy.

— J. Donald Walters