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words of wisdom on happiness
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Tao Dao - The Way of Hapiness 
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30 Nov 2007 Fri 09:59 pm |
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My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? Charles Schultz
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30 Nov 2007 Fri 10:04 pm |
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“We treat joy as secret, dirty, and awful, the way the Victorians treated sex. Happiness is largely cognitive; it’s a state of mind, not an emotion. That’s why social scientists and economists love to study happiness. Happiness is tame.â€
George Vaillant: Faith, Hope, and Joy: The Neurobiology of Positive Emotion
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30 Nov 2007 Fri 10:04 pm |
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According to Professor Diener, psychologist from the University of Illinois, the measurement of happiness is based on one straightforward idea: asking people to point their happiness on a scale from 1-10.
"It may sound silly" professor said,"but the interesting thing is that produces real answers that are valid. They're not perfect but they're valid and they predict all sorts of real things in their lives."
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