“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.”
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Unclassified
“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.”
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath
Kay Hooper (1957) American writer
Source: What Dreams May Come
George Sand (1804–1876) French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin
On est heureux par soi-même quand on sait s'y prendre, avoir des goûts simples, un certain courage, une certaine abnégation, l'amour du travail et avant tout une bonne conscience.
Letter to Charles Poney, (16 November 1866), published in Georges Lubin (ed.) Correspondance (Paris: Garnier Freres, 1964-95) vol. 20, p. 188; André Maurois (trans. Gerard Hopkins) Lélia: The Life of George Sand (New York: Harper, 1954) p. 418
Variant: One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.
Source: Correspondance, 1812-1876, Volume 5
John the Evangelist (10–98) author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author o…
Jesus in John 13:34-35 NRSV
Gospel of John
Gottfried Leibniz (1646–1716) German mathematician and philosopher
The Elements of True Piety (c. 1677), The Shorter Leibniz Texts (2006) http://books.google.com/books?id=oFoCY3xJ8nkC&dq edited by Lloyd H. Strickland, p. 189
“Happiness is pretty simple: someone to love, something to do, something to look forward to.”
Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Source: Hiss of Death
Barbara De Angelis (1951) American psychologist
From Are You the One for Me? (1992)