I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

Real happiness is not dependent on external things.

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.

PAINT THE WALLS OF your mind With many beautiful pictures.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

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

Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness.