"It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is." ― Desiderius Erasmus Topic(s): Happiness More From Desiderius Erasmus "It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn’t have it, to fear and suspect the worst." "Great abundance of riches cannot be gathered and kept by any man without sin." "War is sweet to those who have not experienced it." More In Happiness "Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know."― Richard Bach "Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."― Franklin D. Roosevelt "Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to audit the progress of national happiness annually, just as we monitor money and GDP."― Polly Toynbee