How much would we sacrifice for happiness?

       While I was reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley it shocked me when I came across the part in the story which Mustapha reveals everything they do not have compared to someone in the 21st century. Mustapha explains that "the world's stable now. People are happy.; they get what they want...they're not afraid of death; they're blissfully ignorant of passion and old age: they're plagued with no mothers or fathers: they've got no wives, or children, or lovers to feel strongly about"(Huxley 220). After reading this it really opened my eyes to see that the people of the World State were truly stripped of things that people in our time could not live without.
       I find it insane that in order to reach happiness they have to cut out all these things from the society which are normal to us. Many of us would not be able to function without our parents. Not only that but if all these factors of life are taken away from us it will likely cause life to have no purpose. This all brings me to the question, would you give up all these things for so called "happiness"? Are you willing to lose all knowledge about love, books, and sensations? I would like to know what your thought on this is.

-Juliana Cervantes