“People settle for a level of despair they can tolerate and call it happiness.”

“I don't know if people have gotten ruder or if my tolerance level has declined.”

“Happiness can only flourish when people feel comfortable and secure. I pledge to you today that I will not tolerate any action that threatens the lives of our people and the security of our nation.”

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing... not healing, not curing... that is a friend who cares.”

“In the world it is called Tolerance, but in hell it is called Despair… the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for which it will die.”

“Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.”

“Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.”

“Better the myth of happiness, than the myth of despair.”

“If loneliness was a choice, what was the other option? To settle for second-best and try to be happy with that? And was that fair to the person you settled for?”

“Some people are settling down, some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies.”