The man who pursues happiness wisely will aim at the possession of a number of subsidiary interests in addition to those central ones upon which his life is built.

What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy.

The problem with the wise is they are so filled with doubts while the dull are so certain.

Another merit of home is that it preserves the diversity between individuals. If we were all alike, it might be convenient for the bureaucrat and the statistician, but it would be very dull, and would lead to a very unprogressive society.

We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him, turns away and gazes only upon the emptiness within.

Belief in a Divine mission is one of the many forms of certainty that have afflicted the human race.

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.