The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.

Happiness for me is largely a matter of digestion.

To glorify the past and paint the future is easy, to survey the present and emerge with some light and understanding is difficult.

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

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

A good traveller is one who does not know where he is going to, and a perfect traveller does not know where he came from.

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.