The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.

Live to the point of tears.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

We think too much and feel too little.

Is it not enough that 'things are cruel and blind'? Must we also be cruel and blind?

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.