We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models o — Stefan Zweig, Chess Story
We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models o — Stefan Zweig, Chess Story
We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models o — Stefan Zweig, Chess Story
We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models o — Stefan Zweig, Chess Story
We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models o — Stefan Zweig, Chess Story
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We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.

— Stefan Zweig, Chess Story
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