We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.

the easiest way to make ourselves happy is to see that others are happy.

If our state were really happy, we should not need to take our minds off it in order to make ourselves happy.

If our condition were truly happy we should not need to divert ourselves from thinking about it.

Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undecieved by them.

The less we think about what others might be considering or thinking about us, the more likely we can live the story that our own souls came here to unfold and unveil to the world.

We need people to feel happy and fulfilled and loved so they don’t take their shit out on themselves and other people and the planet and our animal friends.

We need but little learning to live happily.

Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.

You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.