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The small share of happiness attainable by man exists only insofar as he is able to cease to think of himself.


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In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy.

In order to be happy oneself it is necessary to make at least one other person happy.



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In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.



The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.

The man who has never made a fool of himself in love will never be wise in love.



The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.

The secret of human happiness is not in self-seeking but in self-forgetting.



Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible and indestructible, the strongest relationship on earth

Romance fails us and so do friendships, but the relationship of parent and child, less noisy than all the others, remains indelible and indestructible, the strongest relationship on earth



Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

Work and love; these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.



Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men

Even the wisest men make fools of themselves about women, and even the most foolish women are wise about men



To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the great consolations of life.

To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the great consolations of life.



Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.

Nothing said to us, nothing we can learn from others, reaches us so deep as that which we find in ourselves.



Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.





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To me, success is one's ability to keep the faith, develop his God-given talents, and be able to honestly say at the close of life, "the world is a better place because I have lived."

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Families must spend more time together in work and recreation.



I don't like people who use the press to advance themselves in a way that they haven't earned as an actor, performer or director.

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