"Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible." ― Leo Tolstoy Topic(s): Happiness More From Leo Tolstoy "In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful." "Music is the shorthand of emotion." "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." More In Happiness "Aye, I’m tellin’ ye, happiness is one of the few things in this world that doubles every time you share it with someone else."― Harry Lauder "There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool."― Francis Bacon "The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency."― Quentin Crisp