"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." - Socrates
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I don't think it's about the "capacity to enjoy less".
I think it's about shedding the things we think we need. It's about surrounding ourselves with the beauty of the world, and allowing ourselves to enjoy these things while weathering the horrible things.
It's not easy, and I think the comic deliberately focuses on the beauty while also conveying hardship through the simple juxtaposition of abject poverty.
There's nothing wrong with "more", but sometimes when we must discard our dreams and visions of "more", and embrace less, we find ourselves ultimately enriched.
In short, society likes to lie to us about what we truly need and want. And those lies convince us all too often that we are failures if we don't meet or exceed certain societal and cultural expectations.
I'm sure many people took the quote to mean this, but I don't like wording... It's not about a "capacity" to enjoy less, it's about an ability to see more.