“Those who have given themselves the most concern about the happiness of peoples have made their neighbors very miserable.”

“In management, the first concern of the company is the happiness of people who are connected with it. If the people do not feel happy and cannot be made happy, that company does not deserve to exist… The first order of business is to let the employees have adequate income. Their humanity must be respected, and they must be given an opportunity to enjoy their work and lead a happy life.”

“Happiness is often presented as being very dull but, he thought, lying awake, that is because dull people are sometimes very happy and intelligent people can and do go around making themselves and everyone else miserable.”

“Those who love their neighbor as themselves possess nothing more than their neighbor.”

“The difference between a leadership and a command company can be very great indeed, because in a hierarchical situation, people who have concerns about reactions against themselves would simply not put forward negative information.”

“At this point, most people would have thrown themselves down on the ground and given up hope. And by most people, I mean me.”

“Losing the people who have been estranged from your life, at a very difficult time, is the most useful and important gift they could have given you.”

“Those who have the greatest and most positive impact on society are not concerned with name and fame.”

“I have never been one of those who cares about happiness. Happiness is a strange notion. I am just not made for it. It has never been a goal of mine; I do not think in those terms.”

“Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.”