We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Pain don't hurt.

I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.

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.

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

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference

Nature is not human-hearted.

Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.

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

If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.

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

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

Maybe this world is another planet?s hell.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.