Happiness is...

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Aristotle couldn't even answer this one.
You're going to try and take a stab at it?
 

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Happiness is whatever makes you happy.


Aristotle was a dumba$$.
 

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happiness is being thankful for what you have, no matter how little that is.

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Originally posted by DumpaLumpagus
Happiness is...
Serotonin release.

There's a reason philosophers don't have all the answers.
 

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It's a state of mind.
Much like depression (but the reverse oviously).
But im not even gonna try and tell you im right if aristotle couldnt give and answer:nervous:
 

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Happiness is being satisfied with what you've got. That doesn't mean that you shouldn't try anything new of course, because that would become boring, and thus you wouldn't be satisfied with what you have. Still, there is a line in one of the Roman poet Horace's Odes that goes thus:

The less I desire, the more I seem to have.

Judge for yourself, ultimately.
 

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Happiness is situational.
 

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Happiness is not a state of mind. You can't choose to be happy when you're hurt. It's just plain denial.

To explain happiness is like trying to explain what love is.

There is no answer.

However, I do somewhat agree with Aristotle when he says that it might be a process where we put value in what we perceive to make us happy and trying to attain it.
 

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...A full tank of gas in my tank (BMW), no traffic, a pretty girl in the passenger seat, and a clear mountain road.

...Finding more reason for the journey than the destination, for we never grow when we stagnate in one place too long.

...Always evolving because a new experience expands our perception of time, which is really all we have.

My thoughts :)
 

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double post...damn.

My bad...
 

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...a warm gun. Duh.

Tell me someone gets this, please...
 

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^ it's from a cool song (i'm having a brain fart right now so I don't remember the name)

Happiness is when you bust a nut on a snotty b*tches face.
 

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"A law is a transcendental object of knowledge; there can be consciousness of a law, not a law of consciousness." - Sartre "Being and Nothingness"

Trumps this serotonin talk :D
...

Happiness is comfortable confusion.
 

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A clean hotel room with a king size bed after a 16 hour trans-con flight; with all phones off.
 

I'm Joe Dirt

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Happyness is self esteem according to Dr Paul on Deep Inner Game.

Fulfillment = Happiness + Success + Freedom
 
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