The real questions are: Am I getting better as a person? And is what I'm doing bringing me and the ones around me happiness?
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John McEnroe
Stanford University Commencement, 2023
The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less.
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David Brooks
Sewanee University of the South Baccalaureate 2013, 2013
Most people are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be. Delaying happiness along with gratification is quite another thing, because each milestone along your path ought to have its own form of happiness.
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Larry Bock
UC Berkeley College of Chemistry Commencement 2007, 2007