Nature cannot be bribed, it acts with no regard for human wishes or desires.

Happiness asks nothing more.

Folly consists not in having desires but in taking them seriously.

Most people are unhappy because they're focused on what they want rather than appreciating what they have.

A mosquito is a more rational creature than a human being because it follows its instincts. Whereas a human being gets bogged down in an endless tangle of contradictory doubts and desires.

Desires are real; goals are artificial.