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The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts.


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A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.

A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices.



The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.

The highest happiness on earth is the happiness of marriage.



I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.



In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.

In the whole story of Jesus Christ, the most important event is the resurrection.



I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.

I divide all readers into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.



The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.



One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.

One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute.



If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it would be, I think a cow.



To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.

To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.



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

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





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Step by step, heart to heart, left right left. We all fall down like toy soldiers. Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win.

Step by step, heart to heart, left right left. We all fall down like toy soldiers. Bit by bit, torn apart, we never win.



I am justified. For I chose wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil ; and now there is no evil; and wisdom and good are one. It is enough.

I am justified. For I chose wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil ; and now there is no evil; and wisdom and good are one. It is enough.



There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds.

There are people who believe in expanding the welfare state across the spectrum of races and ethnicities and creeds.



If you want to be given everything, give everything up.

If you want to be given everything, give everything up.



Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days.

Broadway is like a club I haven't been invited to, and I'm hoping that maybe they will give me a guest pass one of these days.



We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture... We can drag it behind us untouched, we can pound it into gravel, we can shape it into glory.

We are each given a block of marble when we begin a lifetime, and the tools to shape it into sculpture... We can drag it behind us untouched, we can pound it into gravel, we can shape it into glory.



I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.

I decided years ago that if I'm going to keep teaching contemplation, then the last years of my life should be contemplative.




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