When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.
This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
Certain signs precede certain events.
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy
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.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.
Life has got to be lived-that's all that there is to it.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
No social problem is as universal as the oppression of the child
Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.
