#pines

When the honour is given to that scientist personally the happiness is sweet indeed. Science is, on the whole, an informal activity, a life of shirt sleeves and coffee served in beakers. ↗

— George Porter

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Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies - utopian images - can cause monstrous evil. In fact, forcefully changing society to conform to societal images was the greatest cause of evil in the twentieth century. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#cause #century #changing #conform #evil

Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#biggest #dependent #easier #fight #happiness

Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#achievement #does #lie

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ↗

— Jacques Prevert

#bit #completely #even #forget #forgets

Happiness... consists in giving, and in serving others. ↗

— Henry Drummond

#giving #happiness #others #serving #serving others

Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ↗