The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap, the being a force of nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably. When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he will always declare that it is his duty. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and , if they can't find them, make them. The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it. When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him it's called ferocity. | 
