Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Drawn from what Arthur Schopenhauer said
happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.
On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: Happiness is the aim, and the question is what it consists of
Cheerfulness is a direct and immediate gain,—the very coin, as it were, of happiness, and not, like all else, merely a cheque upon the bank; for it alone makes us immediately happy in the present moment, and that is the highest blessing for beings like us, whose existence is but an infinitesimal moment between two eternities. To secure and promote this feeling of cheerfulness should be the supreme aim of all our endeavors after happiness.
Where this was said
↗The Wisdom of Life (Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, tr. T. Bailey Saunders)gutenberg.org
All 4 korrents from this piecethis one is 2nd
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