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

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.

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful much adulated, very famous and very unhappy

Life isn't all haha hehe.

Life isn't all haha hehe.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

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.

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

Unhappiness does make people look stupid

Unhappiness does make people look stupid