input: [Introduction: Too much wisdom] Ch.5: The pursuit of happiness
output: Do not seek to have events happen as you want them to, but instead want them to happen as they do happen, and your life will go well. (Epictetus) We often hear that happiness comes from within, you can’t seek it in external things. And for a while, in the 1990s, psychologists agreed with the ancient sages that external conditions don’t matter. But now we know that some do. Find out what you can do to improve your happiness, including spending money well. Buddha and Epictetus may have gone too far; the Western emphasis on action and striving is not so bad, when done right.