“Variety is the spice of life, and we are various enough to enjoy one another's society; so let us be content.”

— L. Frank Baum, The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)

About L. Frank Baum

1856 – 1919

American author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".

“Imagination has brought mankind through the Dark Ages to its present state of civilization.”

“There is no living thing that is not afraid when it faces danger.”

“The true courage is in facing danger when you are afraid, and that kind of courage you have in plenty.”

“Why does this magnificent applied science which saves work and makes life easier bring us so little happiness?”

“We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.”

“The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.”

“There is only one enduring happiness in life—to live for others.”

“The consciousness of life is higher than life, the knowledge of the laws of happiness is higher than happiness.”

“It's the great mystery of human life that old grief passes gradually into quiet tender joy.”