The essence of life is statistical improbability on a colossal scale.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

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.

What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the words I have read in my life.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?

What goes up must come down.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.

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

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

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it.

The past is the best prophet of the future.

The less you know, the more you believe.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.