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

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.

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

All of us are products of our childhood.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

I'm not sure I'm adult yet.

Let silence take you to the core of life.

Live simply so others may simply live.

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.

One of the saddest things in life, is the things one remembers.

I am not young enough to know everything.

To one extent, if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.

Its not the men in your life that matters, its the life in your men.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.