“We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one”

“Go into the London Stock Exchange a more respectable place than many a court and you will see representatives from all nations gathered together for the utility of men. Here Jew, Mohammedan and C...”

“If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.”

“Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.”

“The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.”

“Perfect is the enemy of good.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”