Happiness Is Overrated Quotes

“The only way to overcome fear is to accept everyone and everything,”
― Cuong Lu, Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment

“It is important that you not fight against your suffering. Your suffering needs understanding. It won’t help to ignore it or fight against it.”
― Cuong Lu, Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment

“A wise person knows their ignorance.”
― Cuong Lu, Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment

“As soon as a child (or an adult) “knows” something, they begin to pay attention only to the boxes of their mind, disconnecting from raw mind’s native wisdom.”
― Cuong Lu, Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment

“Understanding the mind can help us overcome suffering, ignorance, and violence”
― Cuong Lu, Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment

“Mindfulness helps us to be awake and to celebrate life, but it is through the wisdom of interbeing, a term he introduced, that we can see that happiness and suffering are one.”
― Cuong Lu, Happiness Is Overrated: Simple Lessons on Finding Meaning in Each Moment