“Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of some fictitious good; of something which is not required by any real want of nature, which has not in itself any power of gratification, and which neither reason nor fancy would have prompted us to wish, did we not see it in the possession of others.” WantMadeRealReasonEvilWishMiseryPossessionAbsenceUnhappyFancyConsumerismGratificationOverconsumption Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.: D., with an Essay on His Life and Genius Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.: D., with an Essay on His Life and Genius
“Sickness is the first warning that we have made a wrong judgement. A healthy person is never unhappy.” FirstsPersonsMadeHealthyUnhappyJudgementSicknessWarningHealthy Person Author:George Ohsawa
“The fact that Saigyo composed a poem that begins, "I shall be unhappy without loneliness," shows that he made loneliness his master.” MadeFactsShowsLonelinessMastersUnhappy Author:Matsuo Basho