Bradley Nowell

“I think that self-reliance is what makes you happy; not having to worry about anything or not depending on anybody besides yourself”. –Bradley Nowell

Kurt Vonnegut

“Scientific truth was going to make us so happy and comfortable. What actually happened when I was twenty-one was that we dropped scientific truth on Hiroshima”. –Kurt Vonnegut

Red Skelton

“Our principles are the springs of our actions. Our actions, the springs of our happiness or misery. Too much care, therefore, cannot be taken in forming our principles”. –Red Skelton

Walter Raleigh

“Whosoever, in writing modern history, shall follow truth too near the heels, it may happily strike out his teeth”. –Walter Raleigh

Gustave Flaubert

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost”. –Gustave Flaubert

Mikhail Bakunin

“When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called ‘the People’s Stick'”. –Mikhail Bakunin

Thor Heyerdahl

“In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds”. –Thor Heyerdahl