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No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.
That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.
No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls.
It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil.
Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people.
It is not only my laboratory and my place of work but also my home, so that on the 30th October I was able to share my happiness immediately with my students and collaborators and, at the same time, with my wife and family.
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.
The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding.
Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night.
Although Freud said happiness is composed of love and work, reality often forces us to choose love or work.