Life should be great rather than long.

The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.

Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.

History has shown there are no invincible armies.

I'm never going to be disabled. I'm sick of being so healthy.

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

Its not the men in your life that matters, its the life in your men.

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

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

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.

The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine.