A gem I stumbled onto this morning:
The ordinary objects of human endeavor - property, outward success, luxury - have always seemed to me contemptible. I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves. Such an ethical basis I call more proper for a herd of swine. The ideals which have lighted me on my way and time after time given me new courage to face life cheerfully have been Truth, Goodness and Beauty.
Physicist Albert Einstein
