Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize.

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

This is the kind of thing that makes sense to them

Some victims do need to "blame" themselves and take responsibility.

My cardinal belief is that it is the natives of the land that till the land best, with passion and meaning. The advanced nations of this world built their countries by the sweat of their indigenes.

Please, people, do not f- with depression. It's merciless. All it wants is to get you in a room alone and kill you. Take care of yourself.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

It is the pursuit of happiness that brings us happiness, and not the happiness achieved.

What's the good of being stoical if nobody notices?

I depend a lot on my own judgment, for better or worse.