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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.
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it.
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want, and killing ourselves to get it.
There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly read more
There is only one cause of unhappiness: the false beliefs you have in your head, beliefs so widespread, so commonly held, that it never occurs to you to question them.
I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are read more
I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?
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?
Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, read more
Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.
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.
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it.
