Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life's Most Important Skill
Cet exemple montre de manière frappante que le bonheur dépend avant tout de notre état intérieur.
Matthieu Ricard • Plaidoyer pour le bonheur (French Edition)
Enjoyment takes work and forgoing pleasures; satisfaction requires sacrifice and doesn’t last; purpose almost always entails suffering. Getting happier, in other words, requires that we accept unhappiness in our lives as well, and understanding it isn’t an obstacle to our happiness.
Oprah Winfrey • Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
The Conquest of Happiness. New York: Signet Books, 1951.