Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.