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Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. for it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness.
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Genuine Happiness Consists In Those Spiritual Qualities

Dalai Lama
Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. for it is these which provide both for our happiness and others happiness.
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