Life is made up of desires that seem big and vital one minute, and little and absurd the next. I guess we get what's best for us in the end.

happiness is a duty, not only because of its effect upon us but because of its influence upon others.

When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.

Just as a pool of water cannot reflect the sky overhead when it is restless and disturbed, so we can never get a perfect vision of the Divine, and show it to others when we are disturbed with human thoughts and personal problems. It is only when we are quite still and receptive that God can think His thoughts into us and use us for His purposes.

any pursuit of happiness contrary to the common good is doomed to failure.

It ain't no use putting up your umbrella till it rains.

we sometimes forget the influence of action upon thought. ... Smile, whistle, sing, play the part you want to be until you become the part you play.