Being educated means to prefer the best not only to the worst but to the second best.

The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.

The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.

Real happiness is not dependent on external things. The pond is fed from within. The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions. You must cultivate your mind if you wish to achieve enduring happiness.

A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.

My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.