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Thinking about happiness - that bright, exotic bird that we all think we see through the foliage almost always out of reach - I asked everyone in time and space to explain it to me. They did. I promise, from this day forth, to stop thinking about it, since it is something I already have.
See for yourself:

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. ~Palmer Sondreal

Some pursue happiness, others create it. ~Author Unknown

Happiness is like the penny candy of our youth: we got a lot more for our money back when we had no money. ~Mignon McLaughlin

Eden is that old-fashioned house we dwell in every day without suspecting our abode until we drive away.~Emily Dickinson

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mode of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up. ~Charles L. Morgan

Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it. ~Don Herold
Happiness is... usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults. ~Thomas Szasz

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. ~Thornton Wilder

Misery is almost always the result of thinking. ~Joseph Joubert

Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile. ~Author Unknown

Keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you've been up to. ~Author Unknown

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it. ~Andy Rooney

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some. ~Booth Tarkington

As people spin faster and faster in the pursuit of merely personal happiness, they become exhausted in the futile effort of chasing themselves. ~Andrew Delbanco

There are some days when I think I'm going to die from an overdose of satisfaction. ~Salvador Dali

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. ~H. Jackson Browne

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. ~Norm Papernick

"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best," and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ~Benjamin Franklin

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. ~Edith Wharton

Happiness is a form of courage. ~Holbrook Jackson