Quote by Polly Toynbee
It is now possible to quantify peoples levels of happiness pretty

It is now possible to quantify peoples levels of happiness pretty accurately by asking them, by observation, and by measuring electrical activity in the brain, in degrees from terrible pain to sublime joy. – Polly Toynbee

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But how odd that in this heathen nation of empty pews, where churches bare, ruined choirs are converted into luxury loft living, a Labour government – yes, a Labour government – is deliberately creating a huge expansion of faith schools. – Polly Toynbee

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Faith
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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 implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. – Polly Toynbee

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People want the right to die at a time of their own choosing. Too many families have watched helplessly as a relative dies slowly, longing for death. – Polly Toynbee

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There is no way to happiness — happiness is the way. – Thich Nhat Hanh

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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. – J. D. Salinger

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The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. – James Openheim

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Happiness? That’s nothing more than health and a poor memory. – Albert Schweitzer

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That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum. – Edmond de Goncourt

For me sport was a religion… with religious sentiment. – Pierre de Coubertin

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By doing nothing we learn to do ill. – Proverb

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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. – E. B. White

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