The world is vast and our own powers are limited. If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give. And to demand too much is the surest way of getting even less than is possible.
Source: The Conquest of Happiness, 1930, chap.10:Is Happiness still possible?
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