Leo Tolstoy

The whole world is divided for me into two parts: one is she, and there is all happiness, hope, light; the other is where she is not, and there is dejection and darkness…

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

True life is lived when tiny changes occur.

Anything is better than lies and deceit!

Here I am alive, and it’s not my fault, so I have to try and get by as best I can without hurting anybody until death takes over.

Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.

What’s the use of happiness? It can’t buy you money.

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

Money itself won’t bring happiness, but it sure makes paying the bills easier.

I think happiness is love.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

Man is the artificer of his own happiness.

Happiness ain’t a thing in itself -it’s only a contrast with something that ain’t pleasant. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain’t happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh.

Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness.

Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.

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

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

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.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

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