Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

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

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

All sport ... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.

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

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

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

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.

Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.