The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is so episodical. -Ruth Benedict

 

The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is so episodical.


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This quote is just one of 10 total Ruth Benedict quotes in our collection. Ruth Benedict is known for saying 'The trouble is not that we are never happy - it is that happiness is so episodical.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

Ruth Benedict

The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.

Ruth Benedict

No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.

Ruth Benedict

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

Ruth Benedict

The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.

Ruth Benedict