A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

There's place and means for every man alive.

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

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

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

The way to know life is to love many things.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.

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

Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

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.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.