While, in general, life satisfaction goes up with wealth, beyond the safety net more and more wealth brings very radically diminishing returns on life satisfaction.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Happiness is not the same as life satisfaction, while neither are identical to what we might call flourishing.
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
I think family, friends and a sense of community give you greater happiness than money. But, of course, one has to have a minimum on which to live. The joy I get from sitting around and having a laugh is immeasurable - much greater than anything that I have ever bought.
The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.
Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.
Gratification and happiness are becoming important measures of our quality of life.
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
Money can't buy you happiness, but it helps you look for it in a lot more places.
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.