I think money is essential to happiness and right now I wouldn’t want to be anyone other than Wilbur Smith - I’ve had a fantastic life, rewarded far more heavily than I deserve. Maybe I’d like to be J. K. Rowling, but I’ll settle for second best. less than 1 minute read
Goodness does not more certainly make men happy than happiness makes them good. less than 1 minute read
There once was a demographic survey done to determine if money was connected to happiness and Ireland was the only place where this did not turn out to be true. less than 1 minute read
Heartache is very fertile ground for song-making but so is happiness, so is absolute bliss. less than 1 minute read
I think people really marry far too much it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness. less than 1 minute read
What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness. less than 1 minute read
As long as I am given the opportunity to keep performing and keep exploring in whatever medium, I’ll be happy. As long as I get to spend time with my family, I’ll be happy. As long as I can write in some form, I’ll be happy. It is the essential things like that I equate with happiness. less than 1 minute read
Every man judges his own happiness and satisfaction with life in terms of his possession or lack of possession of those things that he considers worthwhile and valuable. less than 1 minute read
Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss. less than 1 minute read
