“Happiness does not hide secrets. It is open for anyone to obtain and enjoy. It's just that not everyone knows how to get and enjoy it.”

— Titon Rahmawan

Last update Nov. 30, 2023. History

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“We can summarize utilitarianism thus: Happiness is what matters, and everyone's happiness counts the same. This doesn't mean that everyone gets to be equally happy, but it does mean that no one's happiness is inherently more valuable than anyone else's.”

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“The natural philosopher Heraclitus said that man is naturally irrational. If this is true, as it is true, then everyone who enjoys futile glory should hide his face.”

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“But the capacity to enjoy is impossible without the capacity to suffer; and the faculty of enjoyment is one with that of pain. Whosoever does not suffer does not enjoy, just as whosoever is insensible to cold is insensible to heat.”

Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher

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“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.”

William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer

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