The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain.

Most people have never learned that one of the main aims in life is to enjoy it.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.