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Though I think it's worth noting that despite the wisdom therein, he did not find lasting happiness. Life is a difficult enterprise.
by sho_hn 5y ago
Though I think it's worth noting that despite the wisdom therein, he did not find lasting happiness. Life is a difficult enterprise.
- psychomugs 5y agoSuch is the case for a lot of figures worth looking up to: tormented artists, philosophers, even scientists seem to have to forgo the layman's definition of "happiness." I think happiness is only achievable in a Sisyphean sense. "For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one's surrender to a person other than oneself. Happiness must happen, and the same holds for success: you have to let it happen by not caring about it." - Victor Frankl.