"Man is the artificer of his own happiness."

-- Henry David Thoreau

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“Don't keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. You will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Of course it will be a little thing, but do not ignore it. One discovery will lead to another, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind, and really big discoveries are the result of thought.”
“The rapt pupil will be forgiven for assuming the Tsar of Death to be wicked and the Tsar of Life to be virtuous. Let the truth be told: There is no virtue anywhere. Life is sly and unscrupulous, a blackguard, wolfish, severe. In service to itself, it will commit any offense. So, too, is Death possessed of infinite strategies and a gaunt nature- but also mercy, also grace and tenderness. In his own country, Death can be kind.”
“I let my summer days pass idly on.”

Source : George Arnold (1866). “Drift: A Sea-shore Idyl : and Other Poems”, p.26
“I don't believe in an 'all-about-me' culture. It's about the group.”

Source : "Brian McDermott: Credit? Just give it away, I'm genuinely not bothered". Interview with Stuart James, www.theguardian.com. September 15, 2012.
“You need to enjoy yourself and just get into the routine of keeping fit and enjoying being active. That's always easier once you've made friends in the sport.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“I like to play chess with bald men in the park although it's hard to find 32 of them.”
“The petty cares, the minute anxieties, the infinite littles which go to make up the sum of human experience, like the invisible granules of powder, give the last and highest polish to a character.”
“Baseball has traditionally possessed a wonderful lack of seriousness. The game's best player, Babe Ruth, was a Rabelaisian fat man, and its most loved manager, Casey Stengel, spoke gibberish. In this lazy sport, only the pitcher pours sweat. Then he takes three days off.”

Source : Thomas Boswell (1984). “Why Time Begins on Opening Day”, Doubleday Books

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