Leo Tolstoy once argued that all unhappy families are unhappy in different ways, but all happy ones are equally happy. This idea can be extended to people in general and even to society, and examples of happy people give hope that happiness is quite achievable if a number of conditions are met. Bertrand Russell took it upon himself to disassemble the abstract concept of happiness into its components and prove that, first of all, happiness depends on a person’s personal efforts and only then on external circumstances. The publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.