One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

There's no advantage to hurrying through life.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

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.

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Life can be pulled by goals just as surely as it can be pushed by drives.

I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

A photograph is a moral decision taken in one eighth of a second.

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

I think it can be shown that the law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.