I thought how true it was that the world was a delightful place if it were not for the people, and how more than true it was that people were not worth troubling about, and that wise men should set their affections upon nothing smaller than cities, heavenly or otherwise, and countrysides which are always heavenly. Katherine Mansfield
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Emily Dickinson, the famous American poetess, wrote, "I thought how true it was that the world was a delightful place if it were not for the people, and how more than true it was that people were not worth troubling about, and that wise men should set their affections upon nothing smaller than cities, heavenly or otherwise, and countrysides which are always heavenly." The idea of our happiness is the same. No matter where we are or what we are doing, we can find beauty in this world. It is up to us to use our minds to discover beauty in all things.

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