In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.
Eventually all things fall into place. Until then, laugh at the confusion, live for the moments, and know everything happens for a reason.
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
We fear our highest possibility (as well as our lowest one). We are generally afraid to become that which we can glimpse in our most perfect moments.
Don't cry for a man who's left you - the next one may fall for your smile.
Every person who ever thought he had a right to assert, and went boldly and asserted it, himself, or jointly with others that shared his convictions, was a direct actionist.
Every day brings a chance to live free of regret and with as much joy, fun, and laughter as you can stand.
Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
Nature is not human-hearted.
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.
Three things have been difficult to tame: the oceans, fools, and women. We may soon be able to tame the oceans; fools and women will take a little longer.
When one has not had a good father, one must create one.
Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included
Without a measureless and perpetual uncertainty, the drama of human life would be destroyed.
During the first period of a man's life the greatest danger is not to take the risk.
Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.
Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.