Christendom Quote by Polly Toynbee

Most people come to fear not death itself, but the many terrible ways of dying.

— Polly Toynbee

Could a government dare to set out with happiness as its goal? Now that there are accepted scientific proofs, it would be easy to…

— Polly Toynbee

Openness about death has led to greater care about all aspects of dying.

— Polly Toynbee

Working lives are for the state to influence. Unemployment makes people unhappy. So does instability.

— Polly Toynbee

Islam, Christianity and Judaism all define themselves through disgust of women's bodies.

— Polly Toynbee

Inequality makes everyone unhappy, the poor most of all, and that is well within the remit of the state. More money gives less extra…

— Polly Toynbee

“The strain of engaging emotionally with all that misery was exhausting. The kindness and hard work of the care assistants here was worth far…

— Polly Toynbee

Nothing keeps people together like the exalted conviction that they alone are to be spared that eternal anguish of hell fire to which everyone…

— Polly Toynbee

The best care on earth cannot prevent us all dying in the end.

— Polly Toynbee

One in six people suffer depression or a chronic anxiety disorder. These are not the worried well but those in severe mental pain with…

— Polly Toynbee

But instead of standing up for reason, our government is handing education over to the world of faith.

— Polly Toynbee

The strongest predictor of unhappiness is anyone who has had a mental illness in the last 10 years. It is an even stronger predictor…

— Polly Toynbee