If your happiness depends on other people’s suffering, they’re not going to stand for it. Your happiness forces you to take other people’s happiness into account.

"If your happiness depends on other people’s suffering, they’re not going to stand for it. You can’t say, “Excuse me, this is my happiness, and so you’ll just have to let me continue enjoying it because it’s so special.” They’ll say, “This is my suffering. It’s special, too. I don’t want it.” This is an equalizer in that it makes you realize that your happiness forces you to take other people’s happiness into account."

~ Thanissaro Bhikkhu "Bodies & Minds Outside"

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