Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Happiness is rarely absent; it is we that know not of its presence.
Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.
Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
Happiness is spiritual, born of truth and love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
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 continuation of happenings which are not resisted.
Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.
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.
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
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