“The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.”— William Ellery Channing, Review of The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1827Share
“Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.”— William Ellery ChanningShare
“The plant grows in the mist and under clouds as truly as under sunshine; so does the heavenly principle within.”— William Ellery ChanningShare
“God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead.”— William Ellery ChanningShare
“Labour without joy is base. Labour without sorrow is base. Sorrow without labour is base. Joy without labour is base.”— John RuskinShare
“Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.”— Franklin D. RooseveltShare
“Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness?”— Albert EinsteinShare
“He alone is great and happy who fills his own station of independence, and has neither to command nor to obey.”— Johann Wolfgang von GoetheShare
