Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations

Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations

Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor read more

Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy read more

Envy consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations. If you desire glory, you may envy Napoleon, but Napoleon envied Caesar, Caesar envied Alexander, and Alexander, I daresay, envied Hercules, who never existed.

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your read more

When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?

I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive read more

I didn't have a catharsis for my childhood pain, most of us don't, and until I learned how to forgive those people and let it go, I was unhappy.