"...the sun looks down on nothing half..." - Quote by C S Lewis
...the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer, or a man alone reading a book that interests him..." - C.S. Lewis: Weight of Glory
More by C S Lewis
“And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can’t give. Perhaps your own passion temporarily destroys the capacity.”
“The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own.”
“In the moral sphere, every act of justice or charity involves putting ourselves in the other person's place and thus transcending our own competitive particularity.”
More on Happiness
“Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind.”
“A pleasant companion is as good as a coach.”
“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least. They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”
More on Simple Pleasures
“After some time he felt for his pipe. It was not broken, and that was something. Then he felt for his pouch, and there was some tobacco in it, and that was something more. Then he felt for matches and he could not find any at all, and that shattered his hopes completely.”
“The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.”
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”