Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?
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.
Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
Certain signs precede certain events.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.
We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.
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.
I can choose either to be a victim of the world or an adventurer in search of treasure. It's all a question of how I view my life.
Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.
Anything I've done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living. My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
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.
Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.
