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> [Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that it isn't, that joy is a fleeting emotion, a moment of happiness, which is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/happiness-we-re-tearing-our-hair-out-to-try-to-find-a-definition-of/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/528/fran-ois-lelord-15255_definitions_happiness-we-re-tearing-our-hair-out-to_351251.png)

> [“Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that it isn't, that joy is a fleeting emotion, a moment of happiness, which is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/happiness-we-re-tearing-our-hair-out-to-try-to-find-a-definition-of-2/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/fran-ois-lelord-15255_emotion_happiness-we-re-tearing-our-hair-out-to_3050924.jpg)

## More by François Lelord

> [“And since he was seeing more and more people who were unhappy for no apparent reason, he was becoming more and more tired, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/and-since-he-was-seeing-more-and-more-people-who-were-unhappy-for-no/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [“Exciting happiness is joy, celebration, travelling, being in bed with a woman you desire.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/exciting-happiness-is-joy-celebration-travelling-being-in-bed-with-a/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [Many people see happiness only in their future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/many-people-see-happiness-only-in-their-future/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [“He had realised that it was Clara he loved, and that he loved her in many different ways. (Because there are even more ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/he-had-realised-that-it-was-clara-he-loved-and-that-he-loved-her-in/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/the-basic-mistake-people-make-is-to-think-that-happiness-is-the-goal/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/happiness-we-re-tearing-our-hair-out-to-try-to-find-a-definition-of/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [“(Be very wary of people who declare that they’re going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/be-very-wary-of-people-who-declare-that-they-re-going-to-create/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [People fall in love more easily when they are already troubled by another emotion because we know that any intense emotional state greatly increases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/people-fall-in-love-more-easily-when-they-are-already-troubled-by/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [I didn't intend 'Hector' to be a self-help book when I first started writing. I wrote it as a little tale about a psychiatrist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/i-didn-t-intend-hector-to-be-a-self-help-book-when-i-first-started/)

[Francois Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [“The only shadow on my happiness is when I tell myself sometimes that as it's all going well, it can't last, that one day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/the-only-shadow-on-my-happiness-is-when-i-tell-myself-sometimes-that/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [“Happiness is feeling useful to others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/happiness-is-feeling-useful-to-others/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [“Adeline was really rather charming, she always had a man in her life, but it never worked out: either they were nice but she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/adeline-was-really-rather-charming-she-always-had-a-man-in-her-life/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/he-who-spends-too-long-regretting-his-ruined-crop-will-be-neglect-to/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/sometimes-happiness-is-not-knowing-the-whole-story/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

> [It's one thing thinking something and another thing knowing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-ois-lelord/it-s-one-thing-thinking-something-and-another-thing-knowing-it/)

[François Lelord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-ois-lelord/)

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