Friedrich Koenig famous quotes

We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.
-- Friedrich Koenig

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Congenial labor is the secret of happiness.

We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

What does 'happy' mean? Happiness is not a state like Vermont.

I appreciate good criticism and I think it's really important. I don't like it when it's consumer advocacy, like how you should spend your $60. Great criticism is a kind of literature. I've written some criticism, and I really enjoy it because I think it's important for people to know that theatre is vital. Criticism is really unevenly distributed in this town. Obviously the power of the Times is discouraging. It's killing new plays, demolishing one after another.

Again, like I said, my life has been about being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell, and also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.

It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.

My main concern is if this composer has been made aware of the fact that I've come clean in all of my cases. I killed in pure hate, robbing along the way. So if this person hasn't, then I'd sure appreciate it if someone would inform him or her of it.

Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

In a thousand years we shall all forget The things that trouble us now.

What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?