Delusion Quote by Shantideva

Some pursue happiness - others create it

— Anonymous

We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

— Willie Nelson

So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness, forgetting that happiness is itself poisoned if the measure of suffering has not…

— Carl Jung

Happinessis a byproduct of function. Those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

— William S. Burroughs

“Sadly, many storytellers and artists are still addicted to the old delusions (happy is boring, evil is interesting) about the risks of good mental…

— Rob Brezsny

Satisfied if they themselves can escape from the hard labour of thought, they willingly abandon to others the guardianship of their thoughts.

— Friedrich Schiller

Much suffering, much unhappiness arises when you take each thought that comes into your head for the truth.

— Eckhart Tolle

“The reason so many people are unhappy is, for the most part, delusion. They believe the predominant myths that our culture propagates about happiness.”

— Woody Hochswender

Some pursue happiness, while others create it!

— Anonymous

Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their…

— Genghis Khan

It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness.

— Viktor E. Frankl

“Happiness and suffering are states of mind and so their main causes are not to be found outside the mind. If we want to…

— Kelsang Gyatso