“Many people see happiness only in their future.”
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<p>Can we learn how to be happy? Hector is a successful young psychiatrist. He's very good at treating patients in real need of his help. But many people he sees have no health problems: they're just deeply dissatisfied with their lives. Hector can't do much for them, and it's beginning to depress him. So when a patient tells him he looks in need of a holiday, Hector decides to set off round the world to find out what makes people everywhere happy (and sad), and whether there is such a thing as the secret of true happiness.</p>
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François Lelord
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“Many people see happiness only in their future.”
“Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.”
“The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal!”
“Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money.”
“It's one thing thinking something and another thing knowing it.”