In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.

I used to live in a room full of mirrors; all I could see was me. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

Do not wait for the last judgment. It comes every day.

Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.

The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.

Life must be lived as play.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Diamonds are a girls best friend.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Life is too short for long-term grudges.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.