It is wrong expectation to expect that getting into a certain place, getting a raise, finding our dream partner, is responsible for our happiness.

错误的期望认为进入某间公司，获得升职，找到理想的伴侣，就能让自己更快乐。

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The fact that our happiness is tied to others, the fact that we are tied to others in a web of empathy-- that's a wonderful thing about human nature.

我们的快乐与他人的相关连，我们通过同情网络和他人相关连-,那是人性的美妙之处。

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We are beings for whom the exercise of the will is a preeminent feature and much of our happiness as human beings depends upon our capacity to exercise our will and our ability for choice.

作为人，意愿的运用是,一种卓越的特性，我们作为人大多数的幸福感,取决于我们运用,意愿和能力来选择。

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We hope for our children's happiness more than our own.

我们希望孩子们幸福要甚于希望自己幸福。

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There's a lot of research to show that helping ourselves, in other words, working on our happiness, contributing to our wellbeing, leads us to also be more generous and benevolent toward others.

很多研究表明自我帮助，换言之，努力为自己争取快乐，有助我们获得幸福，也能引导我们对他人更加宽容和亲切。

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That's when we stop giving ourselves the permission to be human, and we pay a price, in terms of our energy levels, of our wellbeing, of our happiness, of our creativity, and ultimately also our success.

那时我们停止准许自己为人，为此我们付出代价，包括精力水平，幸福感，快乐感，创造力，最终以成就大小作为代价。

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Why should we have happiness as our highest end, as our chief concern, as that which determines the motion of our life?

为什么把快乐作为最终目标，作为主要担心，为什么由它来决定生命活动？

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However, beyond just feeling good, happiness also contributes to our life, to our relationships.

然而除了感觉好，快乐还对我们的人生有帮助，对人际关系有帮助。

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In fact, our readiness and potential to experience happiness is mostly depended on our state of mind, not on our status, or the states of our bank account.

事实上，我们的准备和体验幸福的可能性,主要由我们的心境决定，不是我们的地位或银行账户状况。

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And again, we have Constitution save God in our pursuit of happiness.

我们有宪法保证我们追求快乐。

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The very motion of our life is towards happiness."

我们生命的主要活动是寻找快乐“

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One of the sentences that I'll repeat throughout the class is that happiness is much more contingent on our state of mind than our status or the state of our bank account.

有一句话我会在课程中经常引用,快乐由我们的精神状态而定，而不是社会地位或银行存款。

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