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Quotes from Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual — Dennis Prager

born 1948 United States

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Unhappy poor people at least have the fantasy that money will make them happy; unhappy rich people don’t even have that.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

You can allow any real—or merely perceived—flaw to diminish your happiness.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

The only people who have no bad tendencies are dead.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

Everything worthwhile in life is attained through hard work. Happiness is not an exception.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

All happy people are grateful, and ungrateful people cannot be happy. Become grateful and you will become a much happier person.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

People who have chosen to regard themselves as victims cannot allow themselves to enjoy life, because enjoying life would challenge their perception of themselves as victims.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

A simple test to ascertain how much you enjoy and derive meaning from your work is to ask yourself whether you would continue doing it if you won the lottery.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

Happiness is a moral obligation.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

If all of us realized that the people with whom we negatively compare our happiness are plagued by pains and demons of which we know little or nothing, we would stop comparing our happiness with others’.

Happiness is a Serious Problem:A Human Nature Repair Manual (1998)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dennis Prager (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.