Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.

History is the devil's scripture.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.

For life in general, there is but one decree: youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

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

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

We must be willing to fail and to appreciate the truth that often 'Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived.'

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveller, who takes rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.

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

In their innocence, very young children know themselves to be light and love. If we will allow them, they can teach us to see ourselves the same way.

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

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

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.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

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