HAPPINESS

Quote for the Day - July 15, 2010

“The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except they are so.”

William Ralph Inge [1860-1954]

Take a look at William Ralph Inge. To quote St. Peter, "I don't know the man."

I was intrigued by the quote I put for yesterday July 14th. Then I started to dabble in some other quotes by him and then some comments about him - on line. "He was nicknamed, 'The Gloomy Dean' because of his pessimistic views in his Evening Standard articles."

Here is an interesting comment from Wikipedia that might trigger a good discussion: "He was a strong proponent of a spiritual type of religion—'that autonomous faith which rests upon experience and individual inspiration' — as opposed to one of coercive authority; so he was outspoken in his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church. His thought, on the whole, represents a blending of traditional Christian theology with elements of Platonic philosophy."

More tomorrow ....