To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Topics: Happiness Quotes

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

How you measure the performance of your managers directly affects the way they act.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Success is a result, not a goal

Success is a result, not a goal

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but...

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

A friend who dies, it's something of you who dies.

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Doubtis an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

Happiness is a monstrosity! Punished are those who seek it.

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from...

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of...

Stupidity is something unshakable; nothing attacks it without breaking itself against it; it is of...

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.

Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal.

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

The true poet for me is a priest. As soon as he dons the cassock,...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of...

Laughter is an instant vacation.

Laughter is an instant vacation.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness....

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness....