"The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning." ― Samuel Johnson Topic(s): Equality Tags: happiest More From Samuel Johnson "Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life." "Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure." "Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings." More In Equality "I have said this many times, that there seems to be enough room in the world for mediocre men, but not for mediocre women, and we really have to work very, very hard."― Madeleine Albright "In the end no segregationist scheme has withstood the force of a simple idea: equality under law."― Eric Liu "Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness."― Marcel Proust