François Lelord Quotes

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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 is love that transports us, that fills us with joy! Love turns life into one long adventure, every encounter is a dazzling experience -…
• He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest.
• It's one thing thinking something and another thing knowing it.
• Be vary wary of people who declare that they're going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.
• Lesson no. 17: Happiness is caring about the happiness of those you love.
• And, like poor Phaedra, we fall in love not with who we want to fall in love with, but with one who moves us, and…
• Eros is not tranquil-it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of…
• You must be careful when you ask people whether they’re happy; it’s a question that can upset them a great deal.
• People fall in love more easily when they are already troubled by another emotion because we know that any intense emotional state greatly increases the…
• Nobody wants to live with a person who'll never be happy.
• Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.
• Happiness often comes when least expected.
• Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.
• The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal!
• Many people see happiness only in their future.
• Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money.
• Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.
• We fall in love or stay in love with people who are unsuitable or who no longer love us and, conversely, we feel no love…

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