It is a bitter thought, how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as the religion … - John Stuart Mill

"Those only are happy .... who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness,

"a crisis in my mental history

On the average, a person who cares for other people, for his country, or for mankind, is a happier man than one who does not; but of what use is it to preach this doctrine to a man who cares for nothing but his own ease, or his own pocket? He cannot care for other people if he would. It is like preaching to the worm who crawls on the ground, how much better it would be for him if he were an eagle.

إنّ المرءَ يستطيعُ أنْ يستنتِجَ _إلى حدٍّ مثيرٍ للسّخريةِ_ نوعَ زوجةِ الشَّخصِ من آرائهِ في النّساءِ بصفةٍ عامّة.