Quick sensitivity is inseperable from a ready understanding.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life does give back in kind.

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

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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

All my life I used to wonder what I would become when I grew up. Then, about seven years ago, I realized that I was never going to grow up - that growing is an ever ongoing process.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.