Human beings appear to be genetically engineered to be happiest and healthiest when we spend a lot of time selflessly helping others—and unhealthy when we’re mostly devoted to self-gratification. That’s the eye-opening conclusion of University of North Carolina researchers, based on a study of 80 volunteers. The study subjects were asked how often they felt hedonic pleasure—the kind of happiness […]
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“For every minute you’re angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.” – Bette Davis
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“Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open.” ― John Barrymore
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“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
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“Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Happiness may be a key to staying healthy in old age. A new long-term study involving nearly 3,200 people ages 60 and older found that those who enjoy life are better able to handle physical activities such as eating, getting dressed, and showering; the} even walk faster. By contrast, the unhappiest people were about 80 percent more likely to have […]
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.”
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