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What is happiness
Gregory 2022-03-24 09:02:31
Happiness is actually a relatively abstract thing, and it is difficult to define it. Rather than saying that Hector is looking for happiness, it is better to say that what he is looking for is the self, or the values of one. I remember that a few years ago during the Spring Festival, CCTV did a very stupid thing, that is, the whole street asked "Are you happy?" What is happiness? A more classic reply is Fan Wei's definition of happiness in "Please Praise Me": "Happiness is when I am hungry, and when someone sees a meat bun in their hand, he is happier than me; A thick padded jacket, he is happier than me; I want to go to a thatched hut, just a pit, you squat there, you are happier than me." I think that cherishing everything in life should be happiness.
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Hector and the Search for Happiness quotes
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Hector: You've been a fugitive. You've been in prison for your beliefs, you've lost family and loved ones. I mean, you've just been through so much. How is it you're so happy?
Old Monk: Because I've been through so much.
Hector: I mean, searching for happiness is one thing, but making it the goal, it just doesn't work, does it?
Old Monk: Higher than that, Hector. More important than what we are searching for is what we are avoiding.
Hector: Like unhappiness. So, don't make unhappiness *not* the goal?
Old Monk: Higher than that.
Hector: Avoiding unhappiness is *not* the road to happiness.
Old Monk: You hold all the cards, Hector.
[both laugh]
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Edward: You're a very very strange person, Hector. The kind of person I normally avoid like the plague. I'm glad I didn't.