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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.
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.
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
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we read more
When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
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.
No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.
No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.
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
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?
