Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.
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.
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams
Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.
Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.
Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself.
Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
It is not the length of life, but the depth.
Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.
Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.
My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.
Do not erase the designs the child makes in the soft wax of his inner life.
Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.
You are not stuck where you are unless you decide to be.
Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion