Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.

To be happy, make other people happy.

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was one's own - brightened the world as if a second sun has risen.

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own suffering.