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title: "11 Create Unhappiness Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [Inequality doesn't create unhappiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-noah/inequality-doesn-t-create-unhappiness/)

[Timothy Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-noah/)

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> [We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/we-create-our-own-unhappiness-the-purpose-of-suffering-is-to-help-us/)

[Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/)

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> [The experience of light in a very pure form always creates happiness. The experience of desire and aversion tends to create unhappiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-experience-of-light-in-a-very-pure-form-always-creates-happiness/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“Without our thoughts to create our unhappiness, we feel content right now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-elkrief/without-our-thoughts-to-create-our-unhappiness-we-feel-content-right/)

[Noah Elkrief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-elkrief/)

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> [The abuse of power that seems to create the most unhappiness is when a person uses personal power to get ahead without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-abuse-of-power-that-seems-to-create-the-most-unhappiness-is-when/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [Tantra says be real, be authentic to yourself. Your happiness is not bad; it is good. It is not sin! Only sadness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rajneesh/tantra-says-be-real-be-authentic-to-yourself-your-happiness-is-not/)

[Rajneesh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rajneesh/)

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> [To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake. You'll gain the power, but with the current mindset that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/to-simply-see-a-teacher-to-gain-power-is-a-mistake-you-ll-gain-the/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [“Most of us are unconscious of the ways our lifestyle choices, habits, and thoughts create unhappiness and anxiety. We are unconscious of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-j-scott/most-of-us-are-unconscious-of-the-ways-our-lifestyle-choices-habits/)

[S.J. Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-j-scott/)

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> [The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness by what it chooses to compare the experience with. If it chooses to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/the-mind-is-the-source-of-happiness-and-unhappiness-by-what-it/)

[Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/)

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> [We all create expectations of what we would like to happen after a decision is made. The picture in our mind's eye…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-jeffers/we-all-create-expectations-of-what-we-would-like-to-happen-after-a/)

[Susan Jeffers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-jeffers/)

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> [Your mind&amp;attitude toward people, blocks your happiness…… How? If your holding on, in what you feel people think about you, you'll never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sabelo-lan-mashabela/your-mind-attitude-toward-people-blocks-your-happiness-how-if-your/)

[Sabelo Lan Mashabela](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sabelo-lan-mashabela/)

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