A cat pours his body on the floor like water. It is restful just to see him.

The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.

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

The highest happiness on earth is marriage. Every man who is happily married is a successful man even if he has failed in everything else.

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

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].

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. It is the finest insurance against old age, against the growth of physical disability, of the lack and loss of animal delights.