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The happiest people in this world are those who have the most interesting thoughts. ”
Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world. ”
One of the secrets of life is to keep our intellectual curiosity acute. ”
A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands. ”
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit they enjoy life. ”
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century. ”
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older. ”
In a start-up company, you basically throw out all assumptions every three weeks. ”
If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”
If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefs provide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything, including those things that other people are certain are impossible. ”