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Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?
Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.
| Mortimer Adler, Philosopher (1902) |
| Spencer Bachus, Politician (1947) |
| Guy Debord, Writer (1931) |
| Arthur Eddington, Scientist (1882) |
| Max Hastings, Journalist (1945) |
| Roy Hattersley, Statesman (1932) |
| Tim Johnson, Politician (1946) |
| Nigel Kennedy, Musician (1956) |
| Stan Lee, Writer (1922) |
| John Legend, Musician (1978) |
| Hervey Allen, Author (1949) |
| Pierre Bayle, Philosopher (1706) |
| Clarence Day, Author (1935) |
| George Gissing, Novelist (1903) |


