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Dennis Prager

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature.

Dennis Prager

Society

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Happiness relies on our ability to control ourselves because often, the hardest challenge is managing our own impulses and habits. It is simpler to blame outside forces or other people than to confront and change the parts of ourselves that hold us back.

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