We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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

Life should be great rather than long.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain.

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

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

Where there is love there is life.