Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

We would be happier with what we have if we weren't so unhappy about what we don't' have

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Our culture highlights the desire to always have more, even when we should be grateful for what we have.

Can people who hunger so desperately for what other people have ever have enough?

You forget that you do choose your life and there are so many things to be grateful for and I feel like society has gotten to that point where we're always looking for the next and the better and we lose sight of what's actually in front of us.

It seems like a lot of people seek their peace in things. And most of us are not even satisfied with the things we have... we always want more.

The secret of contentment is never to allow yourself to want anything which reason tells you you haven't a chance of getting.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

That man has the fewest wants who is the least anxious for wealth.

We were all brought up to want things and maybe the world isn't big enough for all that wanting. I don't know. I don't know anything

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

It's a wonderful world when you have what you want at all times.

He who has nothing and wants something is less frustrated than he who has something and wants more.

Those who constantly want something will never feel happy.

Compare what you want with what you have, and you'll be unhappy; compare what you deserve with what you have, and you'll be happy.

Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire.

You don't find happiness by being able to buy everything you want, whenever you want it.

Just try to be happy. Unhappiness starts with wanting to be happier.

Our frustration is greater when we have much and want more than when we have nothing and want some. We are less dissatisfied when we lack many things than when we seem to lack but one thing.

People who have what they want are fond of telling people who haven't what they want that they really don't want it.

I think people who sit around and are always yearning for the next thing are not always the happiest people.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not.

Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want

When is enough enough? In envy's eyes, enough never is. Somebody else always has something we want.