François Lelord Quotes

• Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.

  François Lelord

  Knowing, Stories, Sometimes

  François Lelord (2011). “Hector and the Secrets of Love”, p.189, Gallic Books

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• He who spends too long regretting his ruined crop will be neglect to plant next year's harvest.

  François Lelord

  Regret, Years, Long

  François Lelord (2011). “Hector and the Secrets of Love”, p.9, Gallic Books

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• Lesson no. 17: Happiness is caring about the happiness of those you love.

  François Lelord

  Caring, Lessons, Searching For Happiness

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.90, Gallic Books

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• Be vary wary of people who declare that they're going to create heaven on earth, they almost invariably create hell.

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  People, Heaven, Earth

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.87, Gallic Books

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• Many people see happiness only in their future.

  François Lelord

  People

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.27, Gallic Books

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• Happiness. We're tearing our hair out to try to find a definition of it, for heaven's sake. Is it joy? People will tell you that it isn't, that joy is a fleeting emotion, a moment of happiness, which is always welcome, mind you. And then what about pleasure, huh? Oh, yes, that's easy, everybody knows what that is, but there again it doesn't last. But is happiness not the sum total of lots of small joys and pleasures, huh?

  François Lelord

  Hair, People, Joy

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• It is love that transports us, that fills us with joy! Love turns life into one long adventure, every encounter is a dazzling experience - well, not always, of course, but in actual fact, it is our less successful love affairs that enable us to appreciate the others. I think love protects us from one of the biggest problems facing the modern world: boredom.

  François Lelord

  Adventure, Successful, Thinking

  François Lelord (2011). “Hector and the Secrets of Love”, p.23, Gallic Books

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• We fall in love or stay in love with people who are unsuitable or who no longer love us and, conversely, we feel no love towards people who would be very suitable. Love is involuntary, that's the problem. Our personal histories prepare us to be attracted to people who unconsciously evoke emotions from our childhood or adolescence.

  François Lelord

  Falling In Love, Love Is, People

  François Lelord (2011). “Hector and the Secrets of Love”, p.24, Gallic Books

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• Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.

  François Lelord

  Two, Knowing, Feelings

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• Many people think that happiness comes from having more power or more money.

  François Lelord

  Thinking, People, More Money

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.78, Gallic Books

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• Nobody wants to live with a person who'll never be happy.

  François Lelord

  Want, Persons

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.18, Gallic Books

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• It's one thing thinking something and another thing knowing it.

  François Lelord

  Thinking, Knowing, One Thing

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• Happiness often comes when least expected.

  François Lelord

  Searching For Happiness, Hector, Expected

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.42, Gallic Books

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• People fall in love more easily when they are already troubled by another emotion because we know that any intense emotional state greatly increases the risk of falling in love.

  François Lelord

  Falling In Love, Emotional, People

  François Lelord (2011). “Hector and the Secrets of Love”, p.24, Gallic Books

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• And, like poor Phaedra, we fall in love not with who we want to fall in love with, but with one who moves us, and sometimes it is the last person we should fall in love with. Our involuntary choice is not always the right one, and sometimes it is actually the worst one, hence our suffering. And then, of course, there is the completely different situation of the loving people where, over the years, the love they once felt for each other fades and they can't go on. They feel their love dying, but are unable to bring it back to life.

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  Falling In Love, Moving, Loving Life

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• You must be careful when you ask people whether they’re happy; it’s a question that can upset them a great deal.

  François Lelord

  People, Upset, Be Careful

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• The basic mistake people make is to think that happiness is the goal!

  François Lelord

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.36, Gallic Books

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• Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.

  François Lelord

  Searching For Happiness, Hector, Spoil

  François Lelord (2010). “Hector and the Search for Happiness”, p.104, Gallic Books

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• Eros is not tranquil-it gives us spikes of happiness rather than a constant feeling of wellbeing. It's the love we feel at the beginning of a love affair and corresponds to the expression 'falling in love' since it is as involuntary an impulse as a physical fall.

  François Lelord

  Falling In Love, Expression, Giving

  "Ideas for modern living: love" by François Lelord, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2011.

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