"A deck of cards was built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it and a lackey to those above it."

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Happiness is the result of inner maturity. It depends on us alone, and requires patient work, carried out from day to day. Happiness must be built, and this requires time and effort. In the long term, happiness and unhappiness are therefore a way of being, or a life skill.

— Matthieu Ricard