I’ve made an odd discovery. Every time I talk to a savant I feel quite sure that happiness is no longer a possibility. Yet when I talk with my gardener, I’m convinced of the opposite. less than 1 minute read
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman it depends on how much happiness you can handle. less than 1 minute read
For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another’s happiness. less than 1 minute read
One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between Man and Nature shall not be broken. less than 1 minute read
Money is human happiness in the abstract he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money. less than 1 minute read
Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. less than 1 minute read
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. less than 1 minute read
Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. less than 1 minute read
