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Quote of Leo Tolstoy: If you want to be happy...


Biography - Leo Tolstoy:

Russian writer.
Born: 1828 - Died: 1910
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Russian Federation
Russian Federation

If you want to be happy, be.



Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Willst du glücklich sein im Leben, dann sei es!

French
Si vous voulez être heureux, soyez-le !




See also 

See also...



I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.




Quotes for: happiness


Quotes

Quotes about happiness:


Happiness is sometimes hidden in the unknown.





The world of the happy man is a different one from that of the unhappy man.





Happiness is the goal of philosophy. Or to be more precise, the goal of philosophy is wisdom, and therefore happiness.





Happiness is not easily won; it is hard to find it in ourselves and impossible to find it elsewhere.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





Nothing is ever finished ; only a little happiness is needed for everything to begin again.











Quotes

Leo Tolstoy also said...


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





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





Human wisdom consists in a knowledge of the order in which it is profitable to know things;





There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.





Truth must gain ground without violence.





Art is a human activity consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of certain external signs, hands on to others feelings he has lived through, and that other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them.












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