Fun I love but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun and happiness is better than mirth.
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.
The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.
Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.
The happiness of most people is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done the zest of creating things new.
We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great father to be a good husband to be a good lover you know to try to do things the best you can is very important to me.
It is better wither to be silent or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word and do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.
Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism pride hardness and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.
What's great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest.
I don't get angry very often. I lose my temper rarely. And when I do there's always a legitimate cause. Normally I have a great lightness of being. I take things in a very happy amused way.
When I was 20 I thought I was 30 - but I was so far from it. When you're young you want everything to happen now. As you mature you can look back and see all the great things you achieved with time and patience.
The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
Every great person is always being helped by everybody for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.
A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
I think in a way I invented the term 'fight club' and that these things have always existed but they never really had a label. Nobody had a language to apply to them. I created that language in two words and I've been paid a great deal of money for inventing two words and labeling something that has always been around.
The great thing about suicide is that it's not one of those things you have to do now or you lose your chance. I mean you can always do it later.
I never wanted to become an actress because I'd read great literature or seen great Shakespeare. It was more just wanting to understand what the people were really like why they said all the strange things they did.
A weak mind is like a microscope which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.
As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.