I have done my best. That is about all the philosophy of living one needs.

All human happiness is sensuous happiness.

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

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

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

The most bewildering thing about man is his idea of work and the amount of work he imposes upon himself, or civilization has imposed upon him. All nature loafs, while man alone works for a living.