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Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.

Genuine happiness can only be achieved when we transform our way of life from the unthinking pursuit of pleasure to one committed to enriching our inner lives, when we focus on 'being more' rather than simply having more.

Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern

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Daisaku Ikeda
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Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Daisaku Ikeda: life dates 1928 to 2023. Wikidata Q467395, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q467395 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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