Le bonheur n'est pas chose aisee, il est tres difficile de le trouver en nous et impossible de le trouver ailleurs.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Happiness is hard to find within ourselves and impossible to find outside us.
- In plain terms
- Find happiness inside yourself, not elsewhere.
- What can you take from it?
- True happiness comes from within, not from external sources.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where do you seek happiness?
- What stops you finding joy inside?
Another view
External circumstances do affect well-being.
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