For all its terrible faults, in one sense America is still the last, best hope of mankind, because it spells out so vividly the kind of happiness that most people actually want, regardless of what they are told they ought to want. 2.92K
For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness. 913
Money is not necessarily, although it helps a lot for happiness, it’s not necessarily the best way to be happy, to be rich, you know. 2.2K
I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn’t want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith – I’ve had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I’d like to be J. K. Rowling, but I’ll settle for second best. 2.23K
When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift. There is no happiness save in understanding the whole. 611
Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There’s immense happiness that can come from working towards that. 652
We need a better way to talk about eating animals, a way that doesn’t ignore or even just shruggingly accept things like habits, cravings, family and history but rather incorporates them into the conversation. The more they are allowed in, the more able we will be to follow our best instincts. 2.27K
Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements. 592
I was lucky. My family is wonderful. And it’s funny, because most of my best friends come from very large families. So it always felt as if I had lots of siblings, though in the end I had to leave them and go home. I kind of got the best of both worlds as a kid. 624
The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it’s Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning. 2.44K
Whole communities are growing up without fathers or male role models. Bringing up a family in the best of circumstances is not easy. To try to do it by placing the entire burden on women – 91% of single-parent families in Britain are headed by the mother, according to census data – is practically absurd and morally indefensible. 2.01K
I’ve been through a lot of things in my personal and family life. That turned me into a fighter. I always strive to be the best I possibly can. 655
The best thing I’ve done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody. 754
I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don’t seem to be particularly keen on them. 632
I’m lucky. The best possible place in the world for training is Addis Ababa, so I am home all the time except when I am racing. I like to be there, near my family, my kids, also the real estate business I run with my wife. 632
For those who are able to work, work has to be seen as the best route out of poverty. For work is not just about more money – it is transformative. It’s about taking responsibility for yourself and your family. 680
I know some people say it’s not the best to work with your family, but I have never understood that because it’s always worked so well for me. 896
