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Happiness is normally the prime search of every rational human being. One way to derive increasing happiness during the year we have just entered is… — B. C. Forbes
One feels inclined to say that the intention that man should be 'happy' is not included in the plan of Creation.' . . . We… — Sigmund Freud
To a student: Dear Miss - I have read about sixteen pages of your manuscript . . . I suffered exactly the same treatment at… — Albert Einstein
When chess masters err, ordinary wood pushers tend to derive a measure of satisfaction, if not actual glee. — Israel Albert Horowitz
The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed. — Niklaus Wirth
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
With reference to the narrative of events, far from permitting myself to derive it from the first source that came to hand, I did not… — Thucydides
The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more… — James Madison
Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverance for truth and justice, for equality and liberty, and for… — Calvin Coolidge
Such are the mass of the supporters of either party. They derive their political opinions originally from some family tradition or some fanciful preference, but… — Hilaire Belloc
The source from which existing things derive their existence is also that to which they return at their destruction. — Anaximander
At my age, 85, I'm at age where I can look back and derive some conclusions about my actions. My rule has been try to… — Robert McNamara
There are men in the world who derive an exaltation from the proximity of disaster and ruin, as other from success. — Winston Churchill
When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition… — Eric Hoffer
Your failures and misfortunes don't threaten other people. . .It's your assets and your successes that are problems for people who derive their self-esteem from… — Carol S. Dweck
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too interested in other people? If we attended more to ourselves and… — Emile M. Cioran
It requires but a very small glance of thought to perceive, that although laws made in one generation often continue in force through succeeding generations,… — Thomas Paine
Astrology is of particular interest to the psychologist, since it contains a sort of psychological experience which we call projected - this means that we… — Carl Jung
These dilemmas present perhaps the most enduring conundrum of human history: can people derive their identity primarily by positive association or does life's meaning also… — William J. Clinton
I now derive physical and spiritual pleasure from gardening and there is tremendous satisfaction in knowing that I could survive almost anywhere if I had… — Don Henley

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