The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you'll be.

My father once said, 'If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don't have to follow. You don't have to make a big deal …

My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much o…

My wants are many, and, if told, Would muster many a score; And were each wish a mint of gold, I still would want for more.

Happy is he who does not desire a thing.

'A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.'