1985
From Diener, E., Horwitz, J. & Emmons, R.A., Happiness of the Very Wealthy," Social Indicators, 16, (1985), at pages 263-274:
Studies of lottery winners show no lasting increase in happiness, and surveys of the Forbes 100 find that our wealthiest 100 individuals are only barely happier than our lower middle class.
From Myer, at p 56-67:
Studies in this country demonstrate that while our average individual wealth has doubled since 1956, our happiness has not increased at all, and incidents of depression and suicide have skyrocketed. RefMgr field[22]: 2
From Myers, D.G. & Diener E., Who is Happy?," Psychological Science, (1995) at page 6, 10-19:
Over 900 surveys administered to over 1 million respondents in over 100 countries have demonstrated that once the basic human needs are achieved there is no relationship between a nation’s wealth and it’s happiness. RefMgr field[22]: 2″
From Myer, The Funds, Friends, and Faith of Happy People," American Psychologist, Volume 55, No. 1, 565-67:
Now most of us are too clever to say we think money can buy happiness, but ask the question a little differently, ask “would a little more money make you a little happier”, and most people say it would. RefMgr field[22]: 2″
From Brown, The Gospel of John, Vol. 1 at 505
Zoe means not just being alive, it means being really alive. Zoe is flourishing, exuberant, joyful life. This is the gift Jesus comes to bring, and this is the gift he summarizes in today’s reading when he says, I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be complete.” RefMgr field[22]: 2″
From Harold Masback, A Call to Arms, Part 1" (September 30, 2001) at page 9:
The second story begins with Erich Brand, a German mechanic in Dortmund. Erich joined the Luftwaffe and served on the Eastern Front. His boy Dieter joined the Hitler Youth program with all his friends. Barely surviving the horror of the Russian winter, Erich ended the war a prisoner. His family clung to life picking through the rubble of a Dortmund destroyed by American bombers. There was no lack of nostaligia for the glory of the Reich or lack of bitterness for American carpet bombings. But President Truman declared a Marshall Plan, and Germany slowly recovered. Erich’s boy Dieter worked as a coal miner at night so he could earn his engineering degree by day. He traveled regularly to the states to untangle train wrecks. His daughter Suzanne grew up to marry my brother Keith, a United States Army Officer serving with the Berlin Brigade. Their son is named James Erich: James for the Marine hero uncle from Georgia. Erich for the Luftwaffe hero grandfather from Dortmund. America and Germany, bitter enemies and badly bloodied, had gotten their arms around each other, had joined one another in the circle of care and concern.
From John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 01/20/1961:
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, …that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe” to build a future in which our children will not suffer such horror.”1961
From C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves (June 5, 2002):
As C. S. Lewis pointed out, there is a shadow side to every natural dimension of love.
From Cecil Spring Rice, The Two Fatherlands/His Kingdom":
The hymn, written during the dark days of World War I, begins: “I vow to thee, my country – all earthly things above – entire and whole and perfect the service of my love. The love that asks no question, the love that stands the test, that lays upon the altar the dearest and the best.”