True peace of mind comes from accepting the worst. Psychologically, I think it means a release of energy.

So much of unhappiness, it seems to me, is due to nerves; and bad nerves are the result of having nothing to do, or doing a thing badly, unsuccessfully or incompetently. Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do. True happiness comes to those who do their work well, followed by a refreshing period of rest. True happiness comes from the right amount of work for the day.

Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence.

A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.

However vague they are, dreams have a way of concealing themselves and leave us no peace until they are translated into reality, like seeds germinating underground, sure to sprout in their search for the sunlight.

There is a great probability that our loss of capacity for enjoying the positive joys of life is largely due to the decreased sensibility of our senses and our lack of full use of them. All human happiness is sensuous happiness.

I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking.