"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."
— Aldous Huxley
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Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
About this quote
This line appears in Vedanta for the Western World (1945), an anthology edited by Christopher Isherwood to which Huxley contributed. Drawing on his study of Hindu Vedanta and the perennial philosophy, Huxley argued that direct, goal-oriented pursuit of happiness tends to produce anxiety rather than contentment — whereas happiness arrives as a by-product of meaningful engagement with the world.
Source
Vedanta for the Western World, 1945