The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible to-day.

Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

If I had the opportunity to say a fine word to all the young people of America, it would be this: Don't think too much about yourselves. Try to cultivate the habit of thinking of others; this will reward you. Nourish your minds by good reading, constant reading. Discover what your lifework is, work in which you can do most good, in which you can be happiest. Be unafraid in all things when you know you are in the right.

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.

There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.