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title: "5 Happiness Principle Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Happiness is the first principle of life. Happiness basically means well-being. It is always good and always a choice... We need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-stoddard/happiness-is-the-first-principle-of-life-happiness-basically-means/)

[Alexandra Stoddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-stoddard/)

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> [“A sense of growth is so important to happiness that it’s often preferable to be progressing to the summit rather than to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gretchen-rubin/a-sense-of-growth-is-so-important-to-happiness-that-it-s-often/)

[Gretchen Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gretchen-rubin/)

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> [Philosophers should consider the fact that the greatest happiness principle can easily be made an excuse for a benevolent dictatorship. We should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-popper/philosophers-should-consider-the-fact-that-the-greatest-happiness/)

[Karl Popper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-popper/)

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> [“The creed which accepts as the foundation of morals, Utility, or the Greatest-Happiness Principle, holds that actions are right in proportion as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-stuart-mill/the-creed-which-accepts-as-the-foundation-of-morals-utility-or-the/)

[John Stuart Mill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-stuart-mill/)

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> [My message is that happiness is the first principle of life. But you must choose it. We all have pain, but suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-stoddard/my-message-is-that-happiness-is-the-first-principle-of-life-but-you/)

[Alexandra Stoddard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-stoddard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/353/alexandra-stoddard-8141_changes_my-message-is-that-happiness-is-the-firs_1789020.jpg)

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