"Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose."
― William Cowper
Topic(s): Happiness
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- "Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives."― C. S. Lewis
- "Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose."― William Cowper
- "Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment."― Mahatma Gandhi