What’s the secret to happiness? That’s a tough one. But some of the more famous “ happy life” quotes out there contain good hints. For example:

It’s not about how much you have. Rather, as Rosamunde Pilcher wrote in The Shell Seekers , “Happiness is making the most of what you have.” If fact, it’s really not about having things at all. As 19th-century composer Richard Wagner said, “Joy is not in things; it is in us.”

Avoiding life’s pitfalls isn’t the way either. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!” Dolly Parton said . Plus, sometimes the stuff we think is bad turns out to be the good part. Remember Bob Ross: “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”

It also matters who we spend time with. “Let us be grateful to the people w

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