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

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

I have a simple philosophy: Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.

I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

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

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

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.