Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

I always like walking in the rain, so no one can see me crying.

Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes

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.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

All of us are products of our childhood.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

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

Any place I hang my head is home.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

To do a great right do a little wrong.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

Each man should frame life so that at some future hour fact and his dreaming meet.

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

Where there is love there is life.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.