Being Happy: 17 Timeless Secrets of Happy People By Donald Latumahina , July 23, 2008 Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way -Leo Tolstoy There are many ways for people to be unhappy, but happy people have common characteristics. That’s why a good way to be happy is to learn the common characteristics of happy people and apply them. So I studied what the great minds in history say about being happy. I went through hundreds of quotes on being happy and extracted the best lessons out of them. Not only are these lessons useful, they are also timeless in nature. Here I’d like to share what I learned with you. Without further ado, here are 17 timeless secrets of happy people: 1. Forget the past One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory -Rita Mae Brown You won’t be happy if you carry the burden of the past. Did you make mistakes? Did you have terrible experiences? Whatever they are, you should let ...