A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.

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"This has been my life; I found it worth living."

- Bertrand Russell

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"Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."

- Bertrand Russell

Love

"Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives."

- Bertrand Russell

Love

"Although both love and knowledge are necessary, love is in a sense more fundamental since it will lead intelligent people to seek knowledge in order to find out how to benefit those whom they love. But if people are not intelligent, they will be content to believe what they have been told and may do harm in spite of the most genuine benevolence."

- Bertrand Russell

Love

"“This has been my life; I found it worth living.”"

- Bertrand Russell

Love

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"In loving someone as they are, we open ourselves to the possibility of true happiness."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get."

- W. P. Kinsella

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"You’re only one workout away from a good mood."

- Health Coach Maria Marlowe

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"Friday sees more smiles than any other day of the workweek!"

- Kate Summers

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"Oh! It’s Friday again. Share the love that was missing during the week. In a worthy moment of peace and bliss."

- S. O’ Sade

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