"The white man’s happiness cannot be purchased by the black man’s misery." ― Frederick Douglass Topic(s): Happiness More From Frederick Douglass "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." "It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake." "The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous." More In Happiness "It’s enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back."― Adrian Grenier "There is an old saying that money can’t buy happiness. If it could, I would buy myself four hits every game."― Pete Rose "Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money."― Arthur Schopenhauer