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William B. Irvine quotes: It is, after all, hard to know what to choose when you aren't really sure what you want.

It is, after all, hard to know what to choose when you aren't really sure what you want.

William B. Irvine quotes: one wonderful way to tame our tendency to always want more is to persuade ourselves to want the things we already have.

one wonderful way to tame our tendency to always want more is to persuade ourselves to want the things we already have.

William B. Irvine quotes: One reason children are capable of joy is because they take almost nothing for granted.

One reason children are capable of joy is because they take almost nothing for granted.

William B. Irvine quotes: Indeed, anger can be thought of as anti-joy.

Indeed, anger can be thought of as anti-joy.

William B. Irvine quotes: How, after all, can we convince ourselves to want the things we already have? THE STOICS THOUGHT they had an answer to this question.

How, after all, can we convince ourselves to want the things we already have? THE STOICS THOUGHT they had an answer to this question.

William B. Irvine quotes: Pre-Socratic philosophy begins ... with the discovery of Nature; Socratic philosophy begins with the discovery of man's soul."3

Pre-Socratic philosophy begins ... with the discovery of Nature; Socratic philosophy begins with the discovery of man's soul."3

William B. Irvine quotes: We need, in other words, to learn how to enjoy things without feeling entitled to them and without clinging to them.

We need, in other words, to learn how to enjoy things without feeling entitled to them and without clinging to them.

William B. Irvine quotes: use our reasoning ability to drive away "all that excites or affrights us.

use our reasoning ability to drive away "all that excites or affrights us.

William B. Irvine quotes: Epictetus echoes this advice: We should keep in mind that "all things everywhere are perishable.

Epictetus echoes this advice: We should keep in mind that "all things everywhere are perishable.

William B. Irvine quotes: Your primary desire, says Epictetus, should be your desire not to be frustrated by forming desires you won't be able to fulfill.

Your primary desire, says Epictetus, should be your desire not to be frustrated by forming desires you won't be able to fulfill.

William B. Irvine quotes: reason tends to be the servant rather than the master of desire.

reason tends to be the servant rather than the master of desire.

William B. Irvine quotes: the easiest way for us to gain happiness is to learn how to want the things we already have.

the easiest way for us to gain happiness is to learn how to want the things we already have.

William B. Irvine quotes: Most of us are "living the dream" living, that is, the dream we once had for ourselves.

Most of us are "living the dream" living, that is, the dream we once had for ourselves.