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English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist 1957Related quotes
“The essence of happiness consists in an act of the intellect.”
Josef Pieper (1904–1997) German philosopher
(Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica) … What is implicit in this sentence? This is implicit: the fulfillment of existence takes place in the manner in which we become aware of reality; the whole energy of our being is ultimately directed toward attainment of insight. The perfectly happy person, the one whose thirst has been finally quenched, who has attained beatitude—this person is the one who sees. The happiness, the quenching, the perfection, consists in this seeing.
Source: Happiness and Contemplation (1958), p. 58
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) English military and political leader
Speech to Parliament http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=36871 (25 January 1658), quoted in The Diary of Thomas Burton, esq., volume 2: April 1657 - February 1658 (1828), p. 361
“Human beings have not been given anything higher than wisdom and intellect.”
Musa al-Kadhim (745–799) Seventh of the Twelve Imams and regarded by Sunnis as a renowned scholar
Ibn Shu’ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 419.
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.”
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919) American author and poet
Yanni (1954) Greek pianist, keyboardist, composer, and music producer
Yanni in Words. Miramax Books. Co-author David Rensin
