
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
Variant: Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.
Source: Hector and the Search for Happiness
“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
“We may not know the whole story in our lifetime.”
On the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, quoted in Minute by Minute (1985)
Undated
“It is sometimes easier to be happy if you don't know everything.”
Source: Morality for Beautiful Girls
Above three quotes by Amos Gitai in I got to know about India from Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak films: Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai, 13 November 2013, 13 December 2013, Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/bengali/news-interviews/I-got-to-know-about-India-from-Satyajit-Ray-and-Ritwik-Ghatak-films-Israeli-filmmaker-Amos-Gitai/articleshow/25651595.cms,
“Lesson no. 17: Happiness is caring about the happiness of those you love.”
Source: Hector and the Search for Happiness
“Love is a cruel conqueror.
Happy is he who knows him through stories
And not by his blows!”
Amour est un étrange maître!
Heureux qui peut ne le connaître
Que par récit, lui ni ses coups!
Book IV (1668), fable 1 (Le lion amoureux).
Fables (1668–1679)