It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable.

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.

Now it is characteristic of play that one plays without reason and there must be no reason for it. Play is its own good reason.

If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.

It is that unoccupied space which makes a room habitable, as it is our leisure hours which make life endurable.

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

We all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious enough that in modern neurotic society, men's energies are consumed in making a living and rarely in living itself. It takes a lot of courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.