You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

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

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

I am not young enough to know everything.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

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

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.