It is important not to confuse race and religion.
A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.
True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.
So setting up automatic savings plans, and buying insurance as opposed to buying a new thing. The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.
So learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.
Singapore is the happiest place in Asia
It's hard to reach [the age of] 100. We're not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success.
Every one must bear his own universe, and most persons are moderately interested in learning how their neighbors have managed to carry theirs.
Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.
The greatest task before civilization at present is to make machines what they ought to be, the slaves, instead of the masters of men.
Anybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.