Albert Vigoleis Thelen Quotes & Sayings

Talkativeness is a symptom of deep-seated pessimism. Without it there would be no pessimistic literature. — Albert Vigoleis Thelen

Happiness is an art mastered by the very few. Genuinely happy people are as rare as Christians who believe in God. — Albert Vigoleis Thelen

Small causes can often have large effects. Smaller causes can have even bigger effects, and the very biggest effects frequently have no cause at all. Witness, for example, the world. It was created out of nothing, and that has made it the worst calamity the world has ever seen. — Albert Vigoleis Thelen