The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

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.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

Any place I hang my head is home.

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

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

The behavior of a human being in sexual matters is often a prototype for the whole of his other modes of reaction in life.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

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

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

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

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.

Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.