Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Live to the point of tears.

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.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

The future is the shape of things to come.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

You never know what life is like, until you have lived it.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

Be thankful that you have a life, and forsake your vain and presumptuous desire for a second one.