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The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not our circumstances.
If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.
Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.
This devaluing of listening is handed down from generation to generation. There are many children who don't have the experience of being listened to by their parents.
Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.
My faith helps me understand that circumstances don't dictate my happiness, my inner peace.
I think I learned a lot from a lot of experiences that I dealt with over my career.
Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude.
Even the greatest poets can't express tragedy in a way that is larger than their immediate circumstances.
