A Little Book of Happiness

'To find happiness, look halfway between too little and too much.' —Ruskin Bond - Why be happy and how, and why not to worry if you think you are not. - Why it is easy to be happy, and how you can miss happiness even if it stands before you. - How a bird can fill you with joy and how a stranger's smile can soothe you. - Why happiness may not even be the word for what we really need.

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India's beloved sage and writer brings together his own pithy observations and those by artists and thinkers he admires in this beautiful little anthology. A Little Book of Happiness is a miscellany for all seasons, one to cherish and to share.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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