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Autobiography (1873)

John Stuart Mill · c. 1873

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    Happiness is the test of conduct and the end of life, but it can only be reached by not making it the direct aim

    Their wordsI never, indeed, wavered in the conviction that happiness is the test of all rules of conduct, and the end of life. But I now thought that this end was only to be attained by not making it the direct end.

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    Asking yourself whether you are happy stops you being so; the only chance is to aim at some end outside happiness

    Their wordsAsk yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so. The only chance is to treat, not happiness, but some end external to it, as the purpose of life.

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