I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought and that gratitude is happiness double

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Author: Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.

A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition.

The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.

He who would travel happily must travel light.

True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.”

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Money is numbers and numbers never end. If it takes money to be happy, your search for happiness will never end.