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title: "9 Nature Happiness Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [The nature of happiness is such that happiness retreats the more intensely you pursue it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/the-nature-of-happiness-is-such-that-happiness-retreats-the-more/)

[Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/)

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> [“We are happy by nature, and our happiness is interrupted by thoughts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/we-are-happy-by-nature-and-our-happiness-is-interrupted-by-thoughts/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

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> [Pleasure and pain are only aspects of the mind. Our essential nature is happiness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramana-maharshi/pleasure-and-pain-are-only-aspects-of-the-mind-our-essential-nature/)

[Ramana Maharshi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramana-maharshi/)

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> [“Happiness is not an expensive product, it is freely given to us by Nature. Happiness can heal any kind of pain. As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-mehta/happiness-is-not-an-expensive-product-it-is-freely-given-to-us-by/)

[Anurag Mehta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-mehta/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/anurag-mehta-220471_artofliving_happiness-is-not-an-expensive-product-it_2801352.jpg)

> [“Man’s real nature is happiness. Happiness is inborn in the true self. His search for happiness is an unconscious search for his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/man-s-real-nature-is-happiness-happiness-is-inborn-in-the-true-self/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Philosophers, priests and poets have brooded over the nature of happiness for millennia, and many have concluded that social, ethical and spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/philosophers-priests-and-poets-have-brooded-over-the-nature-of/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [While people are struggling unhappily in the cities against the cruel authorities, a waterfall happily and cheerfully flows in the nature; there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/while-people-are-struggling-unhappily-in-the-cities-against-the-cruel/)

[Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/)

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> [Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daisaku-ikeda/ultimately-all-human-activities-have-as-their-goal-the-realization-of/)

[Daisaku Ikeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daisaku-ikeda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e58/daisaku-ikeda-1472_causes_ultimately-all-human-activities-have-as_1839817.png)

> [Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-goldsmith/romance-and-novel-paint-beauty-in-colors-more-charming-than-nature/)

[Oliver Goldsmith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-goldsmith/)

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