A sense of duty is useful in work but offensive in personal relations. People wish to be liked, not to be endured with patient resignation.

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will soon be over, but part of the stream of life flowing on from the first germ to the remote and unknown future.

Shakespeare . . . If he does not give you delight, you had better ignore him [if you can].

When conscious activity is wholly concentrated on some one definite purpose, the ultimate result, for most people, is lack of balance accompanied by some form of nervous disorder.

We must be sceptical even of our scepticism.

You must believe that you can help bring about a better world.

I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of WORK, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in the organised diminution of work.