Hugh Walpole Quotes

The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and after these the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

Happiness comes from ... some curious adjustment to life.

In all science error precedes the truth and it is better it should go first than last.

The most wonderful of all things in life is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a growing depth beauty and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of divine accident and the most wonderful of all things in life.

Don’t play for safety. It’s the most dangerous thing in the world.

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams