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George Sand says there is only one happiness in this life…

“There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” – George Sand

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Jack Kornfield says we can love and care for others but we cannot…

“Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the … Continue reading

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Victor Hugo says life’s greatest happiness…

“Life’s greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.” – Victor Hugo, Les Miserables

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Helen Keller says when one door of happiness closes, another opens…

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”  – Helen Keller

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Esther Hicks says the greatest gift you can ever give another person…

“The greatest gift you can ever give another person is your own happiness.” – Esther Hicks

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Irene Nemirovsky says they felt a strange happiness, an urgent need to reveal their hearts to each other…

They felt a strange happiness, an urgent need to reveal their hearts to each other- the urgency of lovers, which is already a gift, the very first one, the gift of the soul before the body surrenders. ‘Know me, look … Continue reading

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Charles Dickens says I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness…

“Once for all, I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always, that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I loved her … Continue reading

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