--- title: "1 Man Likes Quotes By Terryl L. Givens" description: "1 Man Likes quotes by Terryl L. Givens. Plus more from Terryl L. Givens and more Man Likes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/terryl-l-givens-20241_happiness_the-secret-of-happiness-is-this-let-your_264218.jpg" --- > [“The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible,” he said. He then made his point with the simple example of a taste for strawberries. “There is no abstract and impersonal proof either that strawberries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/the-secret-of-happiness-is-this-let-your-interests-be-as-wide-as/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/terryl-l-givens-20241_happiness_the-secret-of-happiness-is-this-let-your_264218.jpg) ## More by Terryl L. Givens > [Relationships are the core of our existence because they are the core of God's and we are in His image.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/relationships-are-the-core-of-our-existence-because-they-are-the-core/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [A supreme deity would no more gift us with intellect and expect us to forsake it in moments of bafflement, than He would fashion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/a-supreme-deity-would-no-more-gift-us-with-intellect-and-expect-us-to/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [The earliest religious texts in the West ascribe to humankind both a prehistory and a destiny among the gods. M. David Litwa presents a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/the-earliest-religious-texts-in-the-west-ascribe-to-humankind-both-a/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“In the Garden story, good and evil are found on the same tree, not in separate orchards. Good and evil give meaning and definition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/in-the-garden-story-good-and-evil-are-found-on-the-same-tree-not-in/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“...God is not exempt from emotional pain...One the contrary, God's pain is as infinite as His love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/god-is-not-exempt-from-emotional-pain-one-the-contrary-god-s-pain-is/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible,” he said. He then made his point with the simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/the-secret-of-happiness-is-this-let-your-interests-be-as-wide-as/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“The most terrifying specter that haunts the modern psyche is not death or disease or nuclear annihilation. It is loneliness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/the-most-terrifying-specter-that-haunts-the-modern-psyche-is-not/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“the biblical scholar Richard Elliott Friedman notes that “probably the most remarkable difference of all” in disparate passages “is their different ways of picturing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/the-biblical-scholar-richard-elliott-friedman-notes-that-probably-the/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“If Joseph initially thought only Mormons had access to truth or goodness, he was abruptly corrected of his misperception a year into the Church's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/if-joseph-initially-thought-only-mormons-had-access-to-truth-or/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“His desires are set upon the whole human family, not upon a select few. He is not predisposed to just the fast learners, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/his-desires-are-set-upon-the-whole-human-family-not-upon-a-select-few/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [What is always at stake in any decision we make is what that choice turns us into.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/what-is-always-at-stake-in-any-decision-we-make-is-what-that-choice/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“In the vision of Enoch, we find ourselves drawn to a God who prevents all the pain He can, assumes all the suffering He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/in-the-vision-of-enoch-we-find-ourselves-drawn-to-a-god-who-prevents/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“As an inmate of a concentration camp, Corrie Ten Boom heard a commotion, and saw a short distance away a prison guard mercilessly beating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/as-an-inmate-of-a-concentration-camp-corrie-ten-boom-heard-a/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“If we are co-eternal with God, then it is not God's creation of the human out of nothing that defines our essential relationship to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/if-we-are-co-eternal-with-god-then-it-is-not-god-s-creation-of-the/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) > [“The scriptures, said Paul to Timothy, are given for “correction” and “instruction in righteousness.”3 They are likened by the Psalmist to a lamp that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terryl-l-givens/the-scriptures-said-paul-to-timothy-are-given-for-correction-and/) [Terryl L. Givens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terryl-l-givens/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-likes/terryl-l-givens/#itemlist", "name": "1 Man Likes Quotes By Terryl L. Givens", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible,” he said. He then made his point with the simple example of a taste for strawberries. “There is no abstract and impersonal proof either that strawberries are good or that they are not good. 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