Timeless Wisdom: A Talk to High School Students - Happiness and Life
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
On Today's Show: Dennis shares his insights on the pursuit of happiness. He emphasizes that happiness is a serious problem that requires effort and dedication. Dennis shares his personal story of how he came to write his book "Happiness is a Serious Problem," and how it's not just about feeling good, but about living a life of purpose and meaning. He discusses the importance of gratitude, morality, and the role of a higher power in achieving happiness. This conversation is a thought-provoking exploration of what it means to live a happy and fulfilling life.
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| 0:35.2 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
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| 0:50.0 | As I get older, the more I admire happy people. |
| 0:54.4 | Because folks, let me tell you something. |
| 0:56.8 | Life is hard for everybody. |
| 1:00.7 | Everybody. |
| 1:04.0 | And if you don't know that now, you've been very fortunate. |
| 1:07.4 | I promise you will. |
| 1:09.2 | This is not even a bad promise. This is not something you should |
| 1:12.2 | even be pessimistic or sad about. Life is hard. So what? It's hard to play piano. Everything |
| 1:18.2 | worthwhile is hard. But it is worth it. Life is worth it. And you are going to have to figure out a way |
| 1:27.4 | to stay happy within |
| 1:29.4 | the issue of what happens. |
| 1:32.0 | But let me tell you another rule that I learned in life. |
| 1:35.5 | I have found overwhelmingly, there are a tiny handful of exceptions, of course, overwhelmingly, |
| 1:44.0 | the happy are happy under every circumstance, and the unhappy are |
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