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A Formula for Happiness

By Arthur C. Brooks — 2013

It has been said that “happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”

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Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.

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There is a kind of happiness and wonder that makes you serious. It is too good to waste on jokes.

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Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say ‘My tooth is aching’ than to say ‘My heart is broken.’

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