Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify.

Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

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

History is the devil's scripture.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

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.

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

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...

Each life makes its own immitation of immortality.

Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.

When a woman conceives her true self, a miracle occurs and life around her begins again.

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

One man with a gun can control 100 without one.

Unsatisfied desire is in itself more desirable than any other satisfaction.

We all owe death a life.

No one has ever become poor by giving.