It's a kind of philosophy of my own life, to create the energy enough… — Ernie Banks

I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business. — Henry David Thoreau
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion. — Charles Caleb Colton
Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Awards mean a lot, but they don't say it all. The people in baseball mean more to me than statistics. — Ernie Banks
You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace. — Ernie Banks
When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a billionaire without paying taxes. — Ernie Banks