It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative.

To hit bottom is to fall from grace.

Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.

Death is the final wake-up call.

Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.

If you love something let it go free. If it doesn't come back, you never had it. If it comes back, love it forever.

While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.

Thoughts are the gun, words are the bullets, deeds are the target, the bulls-eye is heaven.

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.

Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.

No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.

We can show love, respect for others, and honesty in whatever we do to help humanity.

* Pindar, a Thebian Greek wrote (circa 350 B.C.E.) War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach.

The flowering of geometry.

I always take a cold shower to wake me up and close my pores. Then I moisturize my face.

Read two old books for every new one.

Thank God for my hobgoblin, small-minded consistency.

Bring me a cup of tea and the 'Times.'

You're never quite sure how you feel about a neighbor until a 'For Sale' sign suddenly appears in front of his house.

The only thing that matters is here and the only thing that matters is now. And America's inability to delay gratification is because we do not have eternal thinking.

love isn't about living in fear. It's not about controlling the hearts of those around you. It is patient and kind. It endures and believes the very best. It never gives up.