The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay cannot - give up the efforts to come nearer to realization of it by some means or other.

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We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

We are never so defensless against suffering as when we love.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Time spent with cats is never wasted.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.

Just as no one can be forced into belief so no one can be forced into unbelief.

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced into unbelief.

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    Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.

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    Just because you are happy it does not mean that the day is perfect, but that you have looked beyond its imperfections.

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