Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness it is generally the by product of other activities.

• Experience teaches only the teachable.
• The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
• The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subltly and feel nobly.
• I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.
• Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
• The older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread, enough circuses, enough miracles and mysteries. Nor did they posses a really effective system of mind-manipulation. Under a scientific dictator, education will rea
• To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
• We participate in a tragedy at a comedy we only look.
• Never put off till tomorrow the fun you can have today.
• After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.