I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference
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.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.
Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.
You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.
Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.
In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.
Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.
Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
Work harder on yourself than you do on your job.
The young people think the old people are fools - but the old people know the young people are fools.
Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.
