Happiness is a result of the relative strengths of positive and negative feelings rather than an absolute amount of one or the other.

Happiness is a resultant of the relative strengths of positive and negative feelings rather than an absolute amount of one or the other.

In success, knowledge - In failure, lessons.

To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again.

Sleep. It's like giving yourself a massage.

Every city began as a campsite - pg. 25

The Marine Corps ... took a boy and made him a man.

He took a deep, shuddering breath. "Okay. I said it, it's out there. And I am fine now. So let's move on, shall we? What's the plan?

Labor also wants shorter hours and a say in how work shall be done.

Sickness sometimes is a great blessing. People become angels through sickness.

To make a war, sometimes it is necessary that everyone guess wrong.

I think a double bass for me would be too much effort. But the cello, you're really engaged and the sound is kind of right here. So, it feels like being merged, married to an instrument.