The Forgotten Truth Analysis

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Quality of Life: Happiness or Something More? Audrey Hepburn said, “To be happy—it’s all that matters.” How often is this sentiment thrown at us? The desire to be happy, based on the happiness equals success formula, persists as a general consensus in our society. Of course, everyone defines happiness in different ways—some find it through family, others through money or power, still others through helping those around them. Even with this variance in application, most people believe happiness is a sign of success, and I feel I could even go as far as saying many perceive it as the goal of life. In Forgotten Truth Huston Smith discusses the difference between the way science views the world (quantity) and the way the traditional hierarchy