“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”
-- Charles de Montesquieu quotes (French Politician and Philosopher, 1689-1755)
(Source: Thinkexist)
Since there is a quote saying this, I guess I can safely assume that I'm not the only one who feels that way sometimes. I guess a more important question to ask is: why is it important for us to be happier than other people? After all, wanting others to be less happy than us means wanting others to be less fortunate than us. If we really sit down and think about this concept, you will soon realize that others happiness really does not affect our happiness. We don't need others to be unhappy for us to be happy. That is just unnecessary evilness on our part. Only when one truly understands that others' happiness bears no relevance to one's happiness will one be able to attain the true state of happiness.
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