Schopenhauer

Great Quotes Explained Podtune Cookies 1
1 minutes
Share the link to this page
Copied
  Completed
You need to have access to the item to view this lesson.
This is a free item
$0.00
د.إ0.00
Kz0.00
ARS$0.00
A$0.00
৳0.00
Лв0.00
Bs0.00
B$0.00
P0.00
CA$0.00
CHF 0.00
CLP$0.00
CN¥0.00
COP$0.00
₡0.00
Kč0.00
DKK kr0.00
RD$0.00
DA0.00
E£0.00
ብር0.00
€0.00
FJ$0.00
£0.00
Q0.00
GY$0.00
HK$0.00
L0.00
Ft0.00
₪0.00
₹0.00
ISK kr0.00
¥0.00
KSh0.00
₩0.00
DH0.00
L0.00
ден0.00
MOP$0.00
MX$0.00
RM0.00
N$0.00
₦0.00
C$0.00
NOK kr0.00
रु0.00
NZ$0.00
S/0.00
K0.00
₱0.00
₨0.00
zł0.00
₲0.00
L0.00
QR0.00
SAR0.00
SEK kr0.00
S$0.00
฿0.00
₺0.00
$U0.00
R0.00
ZK0.00
Already have an account? Log In

Transcript

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else. 2.0 version of this quote is, happiness is an inside job. And it's interesting because our culture teaches us to look for happiness outside, oh, if I had that handbag, I'd be happy if I had this car, if I had this degree if I had this or that, I'd be happy. It's not like that. You have to be happy with what you do have, and also know that every time you have a desire, as George Bernard Shaw said, you're going to be unsatisfied. You know, you're either going to get it and be unsatisfied, and it'll be replaced by another desire or you're not going to get it and be unsatisfied.

So that you know, this is why I teach the second noble truth of Buddhism, that that all suffering is the result of desire so that people learn to have what they want and want what they have

Sign Up

Share

Share with friends, get 20% off
Invite your friends to LearnDesk learning marketplace. For each purchase they make, you get 20% off (upto $10) on your next purchase.