Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.
I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness
Hard work, disciplined habits, modesty in living, contentment and cheerfulness.
Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.
All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.
He had the look of one who had drunk the cup of life and found a dead beetle at the bottom.
To forget is the secret of eternal youth. One grows old only through memory. There's much too little forgetting.
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.
I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.
All that happens means something; nothing you do is ever insignificant.
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.
Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.
Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.
The knowledge of oneself will preserve that person from vanity.