Time ripens all things; no one is born wise.

The way to know life is to love many things.

In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.

Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

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

It is easier to influence strong than weak characters in life.

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.

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.

What goes up must come down.

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

Live to the point of tears.

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

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Life must be lived as play.

Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield.

The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.

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.

If you want to keep your memories, you first have to live them.