Leo Tolstoy

There is something in the human spirit that will survive and prevail, there is a tiny and brilliant light burning in the heart of man that will not go out no matter how dark the world becomes.

All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.

Every heart has its own skeletons.

We walked to meet each other up at the time of our love and then we have been irresistibly drifting in different directions, and there’s no altering that.

How can one be well…when one suffers morally?

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

If you are not happy every morning when you get up, leave for work, or start to work at home, and are not enthusiastic about doing that, you will not be successful.

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

Relinquishing the delusional hope that we can or must be flawless allows us to seek happiness in the place it can be found: Our real, messy, imperfect experience

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Be happy; without reason.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes.

Happiness isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition. You must define what it looks like for you and then make a conscious effort to access whatever gets you to your unique definition of joy.

I’ve found happiness in my work, but not in my private life. I had to take from my private life to make my public life successful. I had to make a lot of sacrifices. I was happy in Cardiff. I had a great time. Every Thursday there was a factory club; darts, dancing. I was happy until success entered my life, and then it was all downhill. Success spoilt me. It took away my happiness. My success became a barrier with my family. They couldn’t relate to me, and I couldn’t relate to them.

Happy is harder than money. Anyone who thinks money will make them happy, doesn’t have money.

I have to plan my happiness. That’s the thing, we think happiness just happens and it can, but you’ve got to work in some happiness too.

The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.

It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy, it’s only necessary to be rich.