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Hugo Black

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek it first. The very first condition of lasting happiness is that a life should be full of purpose, aiming at something outside self.

Hugo Black

Happiness

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Trying too hard to find pleasure often leads to disappointment because pleasure comes naturally when you are focused on something meaningful beyond yourself. True and lasting happiness depends on having goals or a purpose that extends outside personal gratification.

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