The more that you expect, the less happy you will be-- because if the expectations are realized you won't be grateful Dennis Prager More Quotes by Dennis Prager More Quotes From Dennis Prager If Dennis Prager tolerance ends evil Goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people. Dennis Prager honesty courage kindness Because gratitude is the key to happiness, anything that undermines gratitude must undermine happiness. And nothing undermines gratitude as much as expectations. There is an inverse relationship between expectations and gratitude: The more expectations you have, the less gratitude you will have. Dennis Prager gratitude keys expectations If you want to know what you look like, look into a mirror. If you want to know how you think, you should write Dennis Prager mirrors writing thinking Whatever the Left touches-- the arts; the economy; health care; the soul; religion-- it destroys or damages Dennis Prager care soul art Those who do not confront evil resent those who do. Dennis Prager resent evil Happiness is dependent on self-discipline. We are the biggest obstacles to our own happiness. It is much easier to do battle with society and with others than to fight our own nature. Dennis Prager discipline fighting self The easily embarrassed doesn't learn Dennis Prager embarrassed When women criticize men it's called feminism. When men criticize women it's called misogyny Dennis Prager misogyny feminism men Nothing enables people to do evil as much as does a sense of victimhood Dennis Prager evil doe people Without God and religion you don't have moral truth, you have moral opinion Dennis Prager without-god moral opinion Prayer is not asking God to do something, it's asking God to help YOU do something Dennis Prager prayer asking helping You will be a happier person if you don't do what you want to do, most of the time Dennis Prager what-you-want persons want Until the Left took over American public education in the second half of the 20th century, it was generally excellent - look at the high level of eighth-grade exams from early in the 20th century and you will weep. The more money the Left has gotten for education - America now spends more per student than any country in the world - the worse the academic results. And the Left has removed God and dress codes from schools - with socially disastrous results. Dennis Prager country america school The state of Europe is so bad that I cannot see any future in Europe other than its Islamization or a civil war Dennis Prager civil-war europe war Not only do we have a right to be happy, we have an obligation to be happy because our happiness has an effect on everyone around us. Dennis Prager effects obligation If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless. Dennis Prager differences useless evil Tell me of a right wing-induced hysteria of the last 50 years Dennis Prager hysteria wings years Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists. Dennis Prager atheist religious people The biggest obstacle to people becoming better is that you have to really want to be a good person in order to be a better person, and most people would rather be other things. Dennis Prager becoming-better order people
