We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.

The 'good old times'-all times, when old, are good.

Life has a certain flavour for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.

Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.

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

We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

It takes a long time to grow young.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Life should be great rather than long.

He who kisses joy as it flies by will live in eternity's sunrise.

I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!

The way to know life is to love many things.

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

If it is worth doing, it is worth overdoing.

As you go through life, you've got to see the valleys as well as the peaks.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.