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.

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.

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?

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 best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations

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

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

If you optimize everything, you will always 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?

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