Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.
You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.
Living well is the best revenge.
Work as though you would live forever, and live as though you would die today. Go another mile!
You can build a throne with bayonets, but it's difficult to sit on it.
When sitting in meditation, say, "That's not my business!" with every thought that comes by.
The movement for equality and justice can only be a success if it has both a mass and militant character; the barriers to be overcome require both.
In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.
The imagination disposes of everything. It creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the whole of the world.
The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend.
Nature has an economy, an elegance, a style, that if we could but emulate it we could rise out of the rubble we are making out of the planet
I don't believe in yesterday, by the way.
The only thing worse than starting something and failing... is not starting something.
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.
And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
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