"My first encounter with Buddhist dharma would be in my early 20s. Like most young men, I was not particularly happy"

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions"

"I feel happy to terrify kids"

"Neurotics complain of their illness, but they make the most of it, and when it comes to talking it away from them they will defend it like a lioness her young"

"Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile"

"There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home"

"No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation"

"Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so"

"Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future"