Be happy, talk happiness. Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours.

I know no study that will take you nearer the way to happiness than the study of nature - and I include in the study of nature not only things and their forces, but also mankind and their ways, and the moulding of the affections and the will into an earnest desire not only to be happy, but to create happiness.

A well-educated mind will always have more questions than answers.

Change may be the vitalizing wind blowing through the house of life, but it is not an abiding force. We need permanent things to soak peace into us as well as progress - the beauty of the earth, seedtime and harvest, the smiles of lovers, the joy of the young in being alive, pride in craftsmanship. Why, oh why must we let ourselves forget these lasting treasures in an age of consuming ambition, speed madness and accumulated goods that leave us no chance to live? If we cannot be contented with a little no wealth will ever satisfy us.

Not the senses I have but what I do with them is my kingdom.

Joy is a spiritual element that gives vicissitudes unity and significance.

I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.