Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those that got there first.
Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Any place I hang my head is home.
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
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.
If I get married, I want to be very married.
Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
Wrinkles are engraved smiles.
Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Life should be great rather than long.
The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.
To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.