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“They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness  as if they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods.”  Edith Wharton 

“Happiness is something final and complete in itself,  as being the aim and end of all practical activities whatever ….  Happiness then we define as the active exercise of the mind  in conformity with perfect goodness or virtue.” Aristotle

“Happiness is a form of courage.”  Holbrook Jackson 

“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.”  Lady Blessington

“Happiness is enhanced by others but does not depend upon others.”  Anon 

“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.”  John Barrymore 

“If you want to be happy, be.”  Leo Tolstoy

“Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower.”  Anonymous

“Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves.  It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel,  like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are.”  John B. Sheerin