Leo Tolstoy

All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.

Kings are the slaves of history.

Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself.

It’s hard to love a woman and do anything.

Love those you hate you.

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 cannot be travel to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.

Happiness is not a goal…it’s a by-product of a life well lived.

To fill the hour – that is happiness.

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

Anybody who thinks money will make you happy, hasn’t got money.

Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and I now believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I’m alive, I must live and be happy.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Be happy; without reason.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to haunt for happiness

I love people who make me laugh.

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.

You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

The key to being happy is knowing you have the power to choose what to except and what to let go.

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