Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.

When all life is seen as divine, everyone grows wings.

I am not young enough to know everything.

Sometimes you have to be apart from people you love, but that doesn't make you love them any less. Sometimes you love them more.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

There is one common struggle against those who have appropriated the earth, the money, and the machines.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

Life must be lived as play.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.