Those three things – autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward – are, most people agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying.

Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success



The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.

Ernest Dimnet


If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a life time — help someone else.

Chinese Proverb



Le bonheur est une porte qui ne s’ouvre que de l’intérieur.

Raphaëlle Giordano


The three components of happiness

  • Something to do
  • Someone to love
  • Something to look forward

Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now – by Gordon Livingston