Envy destroys the opportunity to experience peace and happiness, in other words, envy destroys bliss. Some people are well-accomplished, have all their basic needs met, have great relationships and a fairly decent life. However, they become consumed with envy of those who seem better, richer and have better relationships, what a waste of happiness. Envy leaves them depressed and makes them lack peace of mind. A person who lacks peace of mind is an unhappy person. Being depressed negatively affects people's thoughts, actions, and sense of well-being. Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, stated that “happiness depends on ourselves”, envy has a great impact on people's actions and what controls their actions, their state of mind. Bertrand Russell, a British philosopher, said that envy is the cause of unhappiness. Although envy was seen as a negative thing, he also believed that envy could be a positive thing; envy was the driving force of the democratic movement. The physiologist later concluded that there are two types of envy, malicious envy and benign envy: a positive type, which is made up of motivational forces. However, envy will always cause a lack of peace of mind. Even benign envy makes you lack peace of mind because you want to get what someone else has, and if you don't get it, it may make you feel depressed. Envy is an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another's superior qualities, achievements, or possession and desires it or wishes the other lacked it." Being envious of what others have can be a great source of unhappiness. In Eric Weiner's Geography of Happiness, Eric visited several places, including Switzerland, which is one of the happiest places in the world happiness database. ...middle of paper...I admire failure, and that country is one of the happiest nations. Moldovans notice all the negative sides of Envy, and it is one of the reasons why, they say, Moldova is a miserable country they are unhappy for a reason: they don't have enough money, especially compared to other European countries, so envy is a big problem; others As Eric said, "Even the name sounds wistful. Moldooooova. Try it. Notice how your jaw reflexively drops and your shoulders hunch, like an eyesore. (Unlike 'Jamaica,' which is impossible to say without smiling.)" (p. 186)Works Cited"Envy." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 14 February 2014. Web. 16 February 2014. Weiner, Eric. The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World New York: Twelve, 2008. Print.