Source: Love in the Time of Cholera
“The thing that's important for me is to remember what's the most important thing.”
As quoted in From Colonialism to Communism : A Case History of North Vietnam (1964) by Văn Chí Hoàng, p. 37
“Whatever anybody says, the most important thing in life is to be happy.”
Source: The Museum of Innocence
“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.”
Interview with the Al-Mar'a magazine in 1978, quoted in Price of Honor (2002) by Jane Goodwin.
Quoted by Bethanne Patrick for AOL Books in 2006.
Context: For me the most important thing was always that you have something in mind that you want to do, that you enjoy doing, because a lot of people have a job, but they're not happy. I think you have to think about what it is you really want to do in life and pursue that, and do it with fun; have a smile on your face, because then you're happy. You're happy and you can be open, you can be nice with people, and you have a different appearance and feeling of life than when you are in a job you hate. So for me that was always the most important thing.
