“Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.”

“I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organi...”

“To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already 3-parts dead.”

“In the modern world, however, love has another enemy more dangerous than religion, and that is the gospel of work and economic success. It is generally held, especially in America, that a man shoul...”

“The secret of happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.”

“Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's.”

“I don't like work--no man does--but I like what is in the work--the chance to find yourself. Your own reality--for yourself not for others--what no other man can ever know. They can only see the me...”

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”

“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”