Hector and the Search for Happiness

‘He who hunts must start again each day, while he who cultivates can watch his rice growing.’

But if one is overly concerned with one’s happiness, one risks increasing the chances of being unhappy

Lesson no. 20: Happiness is a certain way of seeing things.

Lesson no. 13: Happiness is feeling useful to others.

Lesson no. 10: Happiness is doing a job you love.

between what we have and what we’d like to have, what we have now and the best of what we’ve had in the past, and what we have and what other people have – you get an average difference which is closely related to happiness. The smaller the difference the happier we are

feel loved for who I am

Every day here has meaning.

Lesson no. 5: Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story.

Lesson no. 1: Making comparisons can spoil your happiness.

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

very day here has meaning.