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> [“To desire only happiness in a world undoubtedly tragic is to become inauthentic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/to-desire-only-happiness-in-a-world-undoubtedly-tragic-is-to-become/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

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## More by Eric G. Wilson

> [Creating doesn't make us unhappy, unhappiness makes us creative. To create is to live, and in living, we want only to creat more, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/creating-doesn-t-make-us-unhappy-unhappiness-makes-us-creative-to/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [But the morbidity of sorrow-not cultivated sorrow, but that which comes inevitably-is often a productive sluggishness, a time when the soul slows down, too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/but-the-morbidity-of-sorrow-not-cultivated-sorrow-but-that-which/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [American seekers of happiness are in danger of deluding themselves into believing that only one part of the world exists, the part that gladdens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/american-seekers-of-happiness-are-in-danger-of-deluding-themselves/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [“To desire only happiness in a world undoubtedly tragic is to become inauthentic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/to-desire-only-happiness-in-a-world-undoubtedly-tragic-is-to-become/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [“To be fake in this dreamy universe is to believe in actual authenticity and behave accordingly, and to be in tune with the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/to-be-fake-in-this-dreamy-universe-is-to-believe-in-actual/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [I realized that I had granted my illness lordship over me. In viewing my depression as a despot subjecting me to its savage fancies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/i-realized-that-i-had-granted-my-illness-lordship-over-me-in-viewing/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [The porcelain rose is not as pretty as the one that decays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/the-porcelain-rose-is-not-as-pretty-as-the-one-that-decays/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [“Do not perceive through overly judgmental eyes, prone to damnation. If you do, you are constrained to witness nothing but your notion of perfection,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/do-not-perceive-through-overly-judgmental-eyes-prone-to-damnation-if/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [Our past is a novel that we are constantly revising.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/our-past-is-a-novel-that-we-are-constantly-revising/)

[Eric G. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-g-wilson/)

> [“Surely some of you have felt the same way that I do. You have turned sullenly from those thousands of glowing, perfect teeth lighting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-g-wilson/surely-some-of-you-have-felt-the-same-way-that-i-do-you-have-turned/)

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