About Happiness

• Overthinking is the biggest cause of unhappiness.
• There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path.
• Perhaps happiness is always to be found in the journey uphill, and not in the fleeting sense of satisfaction awaiting at the next peak (Section 4 in “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” by Jordan B. Peterson)
• Comparison is the thief of joy (I saw this on a random Instagram short: a guy was lifting some pretty heavy weights, and a girl nearby said, “You’re pretty good!” He shrugged and said, “It’s nothing compared to that big muscle guy over there.” Then her reaction was like: “Nooooo, don’t say that. Comparison is the thief of joy.”)
• (In Korean) 현재에서 멀어진 만큼 정신건강이 안 좋은 것이다.
  • Translation: The more detached you are from the present, the more your mental health suffers.

Attitudes

• The man who blames others has a long journey ahead. The man who blames himself is halfway there. The man who blames no one has already arrived. (I saw this in a random YouTube Shorts where the guy said it’s a Chinese axiom—but I have no idea where it actually comes from.)
• Take courage under uncertainty.
• Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away. → I really like this.
• True nobility is being superior to your former self (Hemingway).
• You can ignore reality. But you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality (Youtube comments).
• (In Korean) 그러고보면 삶 자체가 낭만이다. 죽음으로 가는 여행인 줄 뻔히 알면서도 말이다 (별것도 아닌 내용인데 괜히 감동적인 노래 깔고 쓸데없이 교훈 주려는 그런 양산형 쇼츠였는데 거기에 있던 이 유튜브 코멘트는 너무 좋아서 굳이 한 번 가져와 봄)

Success

• There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way (Christopher Morley)

Human Nature / the way the world works

• The money you spend tells a lot about who you are.
• Peace is a privilege given by the strong to the weak.