Why, inspite of too much money, a rich person is not yet happy?

this is my first post here and the question is right on the spot. it's so true. at least i will talk about myself; right after my graduation i thought that my ultimate happiness would be in finding a stable job and earning loads of money. yes i did earn that money and it was exciting but..... it just stopped to make me happy. it is just a temporary feeling then it does not make me any happier. i am not saying that you cannot have both happiness+money but maybe when people focus on earning much money, they lose the warm feelings (family connections, friend connections, etc..?) maybe....

Its a very good thing to be rich . But money can not buy happiness.
That is why the wise rich people invest on thing that can bring them joy and happiness. because happiness itself is not sold in stores.
Mis management of money brings unhappiness. If you know anyone that is rich and hot happy . i can help .

I think the answer to this is to ask how they got the money in the first place. If it is by saving then once they have the money surely they are not going to loose the money by suddenly changing a habit of a lifetime and suddenly start spending it.
I have found that the more money people have the tighter they are with their own money and dont like spending it. Someone with less money will give some of theirs no matter how small to someone else in need. A rich person will do this but usually a tax reduction or some kind of publicity goes with it. x

I think the reason is that we humans need more than material posessions and all the things that money can buy. Maslow explained this reality with his hierarchy of needs. He showed that once our basic needs for survival are met we have more complicated needs. Those who are rich may have learned to focus on making or spending money but they never learned, because they didn't think it was necessary, how to fulfill their other needs as self-actualization.

Answer is simple: Money can't buy everything and the best things in life cannot be bought. Having quality time with your loved ones, chatting with your friends while eating and watching a good movie, having dinner with your family while happily talking to each other or sharing jokes with each other... etc... are all priceless!

Even with a lot of money, if you haven't fulfilled you're real purpose in life, you would never feel complete whether you're rich or poor. With money, you can get yourself educated at the best schools, get lots of fancy cars, eat all the best food in the world but if you're all doing it for yourself it would make you feel hollow.

there is saying money is not everything but without money absolutely can not do anything. happiness can not be bought by money, happiness is within oneself. usually one to find happiness willing to spend your money, such as hopping, watching movie. but it was a false happiness. nature of our own happiness is when we are always grateful for what god has given to us and we can use what has been given by God to help others. this will make heart more peaceful and calm. the beginning of happiness is the tranquility and equanimity

In my opinion the reason rich people aren't generally happy is because they don't seem to have a purpose in life.Once they become rich they can basically get whatever they want so they have no ambition to improve their life because their at their maximum.

Because he makes that much through lot of difficulties so no matter how hard he tries the difficulties and risks accompany him always...

well, I think happiness comes from circumstances other than money - being healthy, having good relationships with family, having enough to eat and a place to live. You need money for these things, but just having money doesn't get you these things.

How could be a rich person possibly be happy if he just spend all his time to his work to earn money and yet he wasn't able to appreciate people around him. He can buy everything he wants, car, cellphones, cool gadgets but LOVE? maybe not, because they just love their self, and don't care to other people.