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Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Timeless Wisdom - The Problem of Happiness - Part 8

Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

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News, Philosophy, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Politics

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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0:48.4

It is particularly common in America today.

0:55.0

I don't know if it was common in the past.

1:00.0

I don't know if it's common outside of America,

1:04.0

but I know that it is common in the United States today.

1:08.0

And I also believe strongly that some of you, perhaps not at all a majority,

1:15.6

and hopefully few, but I have no doubt that some of you, these will be very, very helpful

1:21.6

words and perhaps even painful. And this obstacle to happiness is to see oneself as a victim.

1:39.3

It is extremely tempting if you are not happy to say the following, I am unhappy because of somebody else or because of something else.

1:55.4

And therefore, remember, the moment you do that, and in effect, by the way, this almost summarizes part one of this whole course, the moment you do that, you are a victim, and there is somebody to blame.

2:14.4

My parents, my teachers, my spouse, my kids, my society, Reagan, whatever it might be, those are the reasons.

2:25.3

Every decade has a Republican president to blame for its unhappiness.

2:30.3

Two decades ago is Nixon was the cause of all ill, now it's Reagan

2:35.4

at least, you know,

2:37.9

that's probably why Republicans were elected.

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