I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made.

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All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours...

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's...

Just stop for a minute and you'll realize you're happy just being. I think it's...

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody...

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the...

Whether we like it or not, men have more of the offices, more of the...

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

We forget that the soul has its own ancestors.

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path....This is what I...

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve,...

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve,...

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We...

We are a spectacular, splendid manifestation of life. We have language. . . . We...

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe...

I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe...

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being...

We have to give value to authority. We have to give value to office, being...

Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose....

Loss means losing what was We want to change but we don't want to lose....

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If...

Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If...

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from...

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances...

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid...

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid...

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.

Depression opens the door to beauty of some kind.