Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.
My life didn't please me, so I created my life.
Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.
The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.
We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own pain and renunciation. It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think that yours is the only path.
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
Everything we do is infused with the energy with which we do it. If we're frantic, life will be frantic. If we're peaceful, life will be peaceful. And so our goal in any situation becomes inner peace.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Today, more than ever before, life must be characterized by a sense of Universal responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life.
What goes up must come down.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.
Life is made up of marble and mud.
I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.
He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.
Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.
There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...