Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

A tragedy means always a man's struggle with that which is stronger than man.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

Live your life as an Exclamation rather than an Explanation

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

Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

Within the child lies the fate of the future.

It takes a long time to grow young.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.

Even truth needs to be clad in new garments if it is to appeal to a new age.

Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

I restore myself when I'm alone.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.