The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.

I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in the form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums and theatres I wonder what on earth we should do without them.

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing.

Real happiness is not dependent on external things.

If I were running the world I would have it rain only between 2 and 5 a.m. Anyone who was out then ought to get wet.

The principle of happiness should be like the principle of virtue: it should not be dependent of things, but be a part of personality [and character].

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.