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.

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

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 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

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something read more

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.

It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.

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.

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.