Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.”

“Most sane people feel happy way less often than they act happy.”

“Our pursuit of happiness is an addiction to us and a cancer to our planet.”

“No one is freer than someone who couldn’t care less about how he or she feels.”

“Only fake happiness comes with the compulsion to flaunt it.”

“We are greatly enslaved by how we do not want and how we want to feel.”

“As an attempt to escape their unhappiness, some people ran to something they used to look down on, or make fun of, when they were happy.”

“We automatically allow what someone will say about us to make us unhappy when we allow what they have said about us to make us happy.”

“The main source of some poor people’s misery is, not their being poor, but some people’s not being poor.”

“The challenging thing with trying to fill our emptiness with things such as food, drugs, and alcohol is that our body is a leaky container.”

“Pursuing happiness comes with being pursued by unhappiness.”

“For our happiness or unhappiness, we have only what we think about something or someone to thank or blame.”

“We are so addicted to and desperate for happiness that we are often happy for other people.”

“Unhappiness is best and often concealed with a smile; jealousy, with a compliment.”

“We make life even more painful by having expectations and preferences.”

“You can be angry that someone did not flush the toilet, or be glad that they have relieved themselves into it.”

“He who makes fun of a short and fat man’s weight is much less cruel than he who makes fun of his height.”

“It is evil to give up on someone before them.”

“Worrying requires way more energy than hoping, which—unlike worrying—is energizing.”

“It is almost always better to take a chance and hope that your life will get better instead of ending it.”