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May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Possessing does Not Create Happiness
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything,
let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In considering the above quote, think of money, of course, but also think of power, and of possessing a physically spectacular spouse.
Not getting what you want
is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
Money won't make you happy...
but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
- Zig Ziglar
Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.
- John Lahr
It is not the man who has too little,
but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
A good life isn't measured in material goods.
There is no quicker path to misery than coveting your neighbors' stuff.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Further reading: The Pain of Envy
Burden of Jealousy
Comparisons are Odious
Grasping at the Shadow
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Zig Ziglar
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