We're living in primate heaven. We're warm, dry, we're not hungry, we don't have fleas and ticks and infections. So why are we so miserable?
The unhappy person is never present to themself because they always live in the past or the future.
We are unhappy because we no longer have our self esteem. We are unhappy, because we no longer believe we are a special miracle, a special creation of God. We have lost faith in ourselves.
When people complain of life, it is almost always because they have asked impossible things of it.
Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.
Spiritual depression or unhappiness in the Christian life is very often due to our failure to realize the greatness of the gospel.
Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Unhappiness comes from mirrors. Happiness comes from windows.
I think one of the other myths is that your environment determines your happiness. That if you are living with an alcoholic or living with a depressed spouse for a long time, you are just going to be unhappy.
