Be not the deluded by maya’s promises of happiness

The material world is so made that unless one becomes a clever diplomat, his

life will be a failure. Not to speak of human society, even the society

of lower animals, the birds and bees, cleverly manages its bodily demands

of eating, sleeping and mating. Human society competes nationally or

individually, and in the attempt to be successful the entire human

society becomes full of diplomacy. We should always remember that in

spite of all diplomacy and all intelligence in the struggle for our

existence, everything will end in a second by the supreme will.

Therefore, all our attempts to become happy in this material world are

simply a delusion offered by maya.

Srimad Bhagavatam 3.30.9 purport