Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.

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.

True spirituality has its basis in moral life, which in turn is based on contem-plation.

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.

Courage is a kind of salvation.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Time is the best killer.

I have always regarded myself as the pillar of my life.

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

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

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.

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

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.