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I believe that happiness can be found. If I thought otherwise, I should be silent and not make unhappiness the more bitter by discussing it.

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The paths by which people journey toward happiness lie in part through the world about them and in part through the experience of their own soul.

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Carl Hilty

Carl Hilty

Born: February 28, 1833
Died: October 12, 1909 (aged 76)
Bio: Carl Hilty was a Swiss philosopher, writer and lawyer. He famously said "Peace is only a hair's breadth away from war." Although a Christian he was no pacifist but expected the coming world war and was also a high officer in Swiss Army.
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  1. Happiness: Essays on the Meaning of Life (1903)
  2. Glück [Happiness] (1891)

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