I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them. happiness
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. politics
Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind. happiness
Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth. truth
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind. power
Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends. freedom
The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. government & power
It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being. technology
The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself. society
Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience. experience
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home. experience & home