Wanting Everything: The Art of Happiness

by Dorothy Rowe

Book Overview

From the moment of conception we are in the business of surviving. We come into the world expecting that we can have everything and seeing no reason why we should not have it. But we learn fast,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0006374301
• ISBN13: 9780006374305
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Don't be confused by the title!

This is not a self-help book! A friend gave me this book several years ago. I have no background in psychology, behavioural science or sociology but this book gave me a framework in which to ponder and discuss the behaviour of people such as Mother Theresa and the person next door. I think Sophie's Choice did the same thing in relation to philosophy. I have recommended it to many of my friends and colleagues since. There is a lot of anxiety born of confusion in the world because people aren't able to analyse or comprehend their own and other people's behaviour. Dorothy discusses this in terms of a perpetual wanting of more and an inability to recognise it in ourselves. Well done Dorothy!