The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness. For this were arts invented, sciences cultivated, laws ordained, and societies modelled, by the most profound wisdom of patriots and legislators.

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"Men often act knowingly against their interest."

- David Hume

Self-awareness

"It's when we start working together that the real healing takes place."

- David Hume

Teamwork

"Custom, then, is the great guide of human life."

- David Hume

Wisdom

"That the Sun will not rise tomorrow is no less intelligible a proposition and implies no more contradiction than the affirmation that it will rise."

- David Hume

Philosophy

"Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them."

- David Hume

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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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