Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress... →
Polly Toynbee
Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra happiness the... →
Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and... →
It is now possible to quantify people's levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical... →
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it... →
More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.
Thomas Traherne
To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a physician, is the most necessary point of present wisdom: an... →
Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable, I will not believe them if I know and feel myself to be... →
It's good to follow the path of personal happiness to some extent. People tend to get upset however when you drive a steamroller down it.
Simon Travaglia
There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
Anthony Trollope