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Being unhappy Quote by Shantideva

“Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be remedied?” quote by Shantideva — Download Open image

“Why be unhappy about something if it can be remedied? And what is the use of being unhappy about something if it cannot be remedied?”

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It is natural for the immature to harm others. Getting angry with them is like resenting a fire for burning.

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If you have to go through life being unhappy to conform to society around you, that's not a very good deal.

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What's the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.

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It was a silly, silly dream, being unhappy.

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Happiness to me is simply not being unhappy.

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I find to my astonishment that an unhappy marriage goes on being unhappy when it is over.

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I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

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