The lesson Buddha and Marcus Aurelius had taught centuries earlier: "Nothing is miserable unless you think it so; and on the other hand, nothing brings happiness unless you are content with it".

— Jonathan Haidt The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (2005)

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