Happiness is a real, objective phenomenon, scientifically verifiable. That means people and whole societies can now be measured over time and compared accurately with one another. Causes and cures for unhappiness can be quantified.
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying. - Polly Toynbee
Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.
- Polly Toynbee
In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it, plu… - Polly Toynbee
In the polls, over 80% support the right to die and have done for the last 25 years. Even 80% of practising Catholics and Protestants support it, plu…
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it … - Polly Toynbee
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it …
One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with conditions cri… - Polly Toynbee
One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with conditions cri…
Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust of women's bodies. - Polly Toynbee
Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust of women's bodies.
This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition. - Polly Toynbee
This is indeed a clash of civilisations, not between Islam and Christendom but between reason and superstition.
The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness t… - Polly Toynbee
The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor of unhappiness t…
There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious. - Polly Toynbee
There is all the difference in the world between teaching children about religion and handing them over to be taught by the religious.
The pens sharpen – Islamophobia! No such thing. Primitive Middle Eastern religions, and most others, are much the same – Islam, Christianity and Juda… - Polly Toynbee
The pens sharpen – Islamophobia! No such thing. Primitive Middle Eastern religions, and most others, are much the same – Islam, Christianity and Juda…
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