George S. Conklin

“The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment…. Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in its passage to scour away. It is the putrefaction of stagnant life and is remedied by exercise and motion.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character

“Happiness is not found in self contemplation; it is perceived only when it is reflected from another.”
― David Brooks, The Road to Character