Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today. All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties. Be unselfish. That is the first and final commandment for those who would be useful and happy in their usefulness. If you think of yourself only, you cannot develop because you are choking the source of development, which is spiritual expansion through thought for others. The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself. The strikebreaker is the hero of American industry. Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses. The best way to secure future happiness is to be as happy as is rightfully possible today. | 
